Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
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You are sure to get out-pointed if you pick a fight with a porcupine.
He could have placed streetlamps along all the pathways of wisdom, but then there would be no journey. Who would discover the secret passages, the hidden treasures, if all of us homed in straight for our destination?
Well-makers lead the water wherever they like; fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; wise people fashion themselves.
Answers and Questions
You can tell a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
We judge of man’s wisdom by his hope.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Reason’s last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
The Three Most Difficult Things
The three most difficult things for a human being are not physical feats or intellectual achievements. They are, first, returning love for hate; second, including the excluded; third, admitting that you are wrong.