To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

Wise people always think wisely and never otherwise !.

Wise people always think wisely and never otherwise !.

Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to read more

Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made read more

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.

Wisdom is scar tissue in disguise.

Wisdom is scar tissue in disguise.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write read more

Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far read more

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.