I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely
into life and manners, and thereby to read more

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely
into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with
truth.
[Lat., Respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo
Doctum imitatorem, et veras hinc ducere voces.]

Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process

Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never read more

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.

It's always the people that know you the least, that judge you the most.

It's always the people that know you the least, that judge you the most.

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve

To teach is to understand. To learn is wisdom. To learn together is understanding wisdom.

To teach is to understand. To learn is wisdom. To learn together is understanding wisdom.

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but read more

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that
life imitates art far more than art read more

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that
life imitates art far more than art imitates life.