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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. [Speaking read more
I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. [Speaking Of Winston Churchill].
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a read more
If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a Model.
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its read more
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.