Quotes with counsels

  • That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

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  • Claude Adrien Helvétius Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.
    Claude Adrien Helvétius
    French philosopher (1715 - 1771)
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  • Akhenaton Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.
    Akhenaton
    Egyptian King, Monotheist (1372 - 1337)
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  • Titus Livy In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
    Titus Livy
    Roman historian (59 - 17)
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  • Francis Bacon It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • George Herbert Night is the mother of counsels.
    George Herbert
    English poet (1593 - 1633)
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  • Woodrow Wilson One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • C. Wright Mills Religion, virtually without fail, provides the army at war with its blessings, and recruits from among its officials the chaplain, who in military costume counsels and consoles and stiffens the morale of men at war.
    The Power Elite (1956)
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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