Wisdom Quotes — page 482

Better to give then to take.

I come closer to my desk as to a bulwark against life.

2462. Thou canst scarcely be truly wise till thou hast been deceived. Thy own Errors will teach thee more Prudence, than the grave Precepts, and even Examples of others.

Knowledge is folly unless grace guide it.

The wise man sayth, store is no sore.

Strength without agility is a mere mass.

2454. If any one giveth thee excessive Praises more than can handsomely belong to thee, thou art to think of him, that he taketh thee for vain and credulous, and easy to be deceived, and effectually a Fool.

Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.

I think of life as an inn where I have to stay until the abyss coach arrives. I don't know where it will take me, for I know nothing.

2168. 'Tis better for thee to be wise and not seem so, than to seem wise and not be so: Yet Men, for the most Part, desire and endeavor the contrary.

More frayd then hurt.

Whether or not they exist, we're slaves to the gods.

2021. Avoid knowing more than thou needest: Secrets are troublesome Burthens to such as are not interested in them.

This hitteth the nayle on the hed.

These are Fortunate Islands, These are lands without a place

2001. Find out thy own Mistakes, and Failings, in order to amend them. A Disease known is half cured.

Though ye loue not to bye the pyg in the poke, Yet snatche ye at the poke, that the pyg is in, Not for the poke, but the pyg good chepe to wyn.

Without madness what is man more than the healthy beast, corpse adjourned that procreates?

1978. If thou art wise, thou knowest thy own Ignorance; and thou art ignorant if thou knowest not thy self.

Wolde ye bothe eate your cake, and haue your cake?

Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling, and clear in wanting

1953. Learn the art of Silence; the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks.

For whan I gaue you an ynche, ye tooke an ell.

Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.