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It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
P. G. Wodehouse1881–1975The Man Upstairs (1914)
- Advice
I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, “Verify your quotations.”
Winston Churchill1874–1965The Second World War, Volume IV: The Hinge of Fate (1951)
- Advice
- Quotations
It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed Wisdom. And then I know exactly what is going to follow: Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Ludwig Wittgenstein1889–1951Conversation of 1934
There are two allied powers in man; knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is so much of the truth seen in a distorted medium as the mind arrives at by groping, wisdom what the eye of divine vision sees in the spirit.
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950Jnana
- Knowledge
I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Gospel of Matthew (1611), Matthew 10:16 (KJV)In context
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964Knox College commencement address (3 June 2006)
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Solomon990–931 BCProverbs 3:13 (KJV)In context
- Happiness
Say not, “I have found the path of the soul.” Say rather, “I have met the soul walking upon my path.” For the soul walks upon all paths.
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931The Prophet (1923)In context
You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
Ramakrishna1836–1886The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 514
- Advice
- Religion
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
Epicurus342–270 BC“Letter to Menoeceus”, as translated in Stoic and Epicurean (1910) by Robert Drew Hicks, p. 167
- Age
Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.
Bruce Lee1940–1973Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey (2000); here, Lee was reciting lines he wrote for his short lived role on the TV series Longstreet.
- Advice
- Change
The worst men often give the best advice.
Philip James Bailey1816–1902Festus (1839)
- Advice
Every misfortune is to be subdued by patience.
Virgil70–19 BCAeneid (29–19 BC), Book V, Line 710
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
PSPublilius Syrus101–101 BCThe Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave, Maxim 557
The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs.
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915The Better Part (1901)
- Advice