Wisdom Quotes — page 465

The Services in war time are fit only for desperadoes but, in peace, are fit only for fools.

And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can.

The clear, sweet singer with the crown of snow Not whiter than the thoughts that housed below.

Fools! For I also had my hour; One far fierce hour and sweet: There was a shout about my ears, And palms before my feet.

To Bring political knowledge to the workers the Social-Democratss must go among all classes of the population, must dispatch units of their army in all directions

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain; By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, and …

I would help others, out of a fellow-feeling.

I judge people by what they might be,—not are, nor will be.

then I say their day of reckoning is at hand.

Great things to compare with Small.

Good, but not religious-good.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Many small make a great.

My life is as if you've hit me with it.

639. An Oak is not fell'd at one Chop.

One stroke fells not an oke.

Defenceless, adj. Unable to attack.

If naebody care for me, I'll care for naebody.

undertook, in 1580, to combat the notions

Always eat grapes downwards — that is, always eat the best grape first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last.

The architects of the Renaissance

Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.

Ascending to the next group of rocks, we find the traces of life become more abundant, the number of species extended, and important additions made