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What advice you give, be short.
[Lat., Quidquid praecipies esto brevis.]
What advice you give, be short.
[Lat., Quidquid praecipies esto brevis.]
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and
any man who is read more
Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and
any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Take the first advice of a woman and not the second.
[Lat., Primo dede mulieris consilio, secundo noli.]
Take the first advice of a woman and not the second.
[Lat., Primo dede mulieris consilio, secundo noli.]
Wisdom sails with wind and time.
Wisdom sails with wind and time.
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a read more
Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
