Quotes 3721 till 3740 of 4652.
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The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.
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The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lay down on some seaweed and roll around in it until he's completely draped in it. Then he'll stand up and go hey, I'm Vine Man.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
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The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.
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The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.
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The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of ''nothing attempted, nothing gained'' and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
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The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
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The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
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The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and Führer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity.
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The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
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The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.
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The wisest reason takes as her own principles those which the imagination of man has everywhere rashly introduced.
Pensees (1669) -
The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man tries to be part of the home - will the woman let him? I answer yes. Because then he becomes one of the children.
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The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world.
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The word of man is the most durable of all material.
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The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.
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The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.
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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
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