Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes, Strength Quotes, Wise Quotes

A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savor of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Strength Quotes , Wise Quotes

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have no part in him, and precious to those who have the better part in him.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Plato Quotes , Happiness Quotes , Wise Quotes

A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised. . . . Good advice depends on the shrewdness of the prince who seeks it, and not the shrewdness of the prince on good advice.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Wise Quotes , Advice Quotes

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Horace Quotes , Movie Quotes , Wise Quotes

Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Plato Quotes , Wise Quotes , Honey Quotes

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Wise Quotes , Fake People Quotes

The wise man doesn't compete; therefore nobody can compete with him.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Laozi Quotes , Wise Quotes , Men Quotes

I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust: to love him that is honest; to converse with him that is wise, and says little; to fear judgment; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no fish.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Wise Quotes , Fighting Quotes

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Butler Yeats Quotes , Wise Quotes , Wisdom Quotes

The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Confucius Quotes , Wise Quotes , Anxiety Quotes

Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Wise Quotes , Children Quotes

A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Alexander Pope Quotes , Wise Quotes , Wisdom Quotes

Wise men have interpreted dreams, and the gods have laughed.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : H. P. Lovecraft Quotes , Wise Quotes , Dream Quotes

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Confucius Quotes , Love Quotes , Wise Quotes

Not to converse with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To converse with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Confucius Quotes , Wise Quotes , Men Quotes

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Trust Quotes , Wise Quotes

A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Wise Quotes , Men Quotes

See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Wise Quotes , Memorable Quotes

I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes , Wise Quotes , Country Quotes

In your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: which of the two generals has the most ability? on which side is Discipline most rigorously enforced? which army is stronger? on which side are the officers and men more highly trained? in which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment?

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , Wise Quotes , Art Quotes