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‘Never,’ said my aunt, ‘be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.’
Charles Dickens1812–1870David Copperfield (1850), Chapter 15In context
- Advice
- Virtue
Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness.
Emily Dickinson1830–1886Much Madness is divinest Sense (1890)In context
- Thinking
We must be very careful when we give advice to younger people: sometimes they follow it!
EDEdsger W. Dijkstra1930–2002The Humble Programmer (1972)
- Advice
- Youth
Never take anything for granted.
Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881Speech at Salthill (5 October 1864)
- Advice
If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.
Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881Endymion (1880), Ch. 85.
- Advice
- Intelligence
Who are a little wise, the best fools be.
John Donne1572–1631Songs and Sonnets
Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they get.
Frederick Douglass1817–1895West India Emancipation (If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress) (1857)
- Freedom
The highest morality may prove also to be the highest wisdom when the half-told story comes to be finished.
Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930The Boer War (1902)
- Morality
As you value your life or your reason keep away from the moor.
Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 4In context
- Advice
- Fear
I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted.
Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 2In context
- Advice
- Good & Evil
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891–1892), A Case of IdentityIn context
Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,⁠—‘Wait and hope.’
Alexandre Dumas1802–1870The Count of Monte Cristo (1844), Volume Five, Chapter 117In context
- Hope
Never fear quarrels, but seek adventures.
Alexandre Dumas1802–1870The Three Musketeers (1844), Chapter IIn context
- Advice
- Courage
Science without philosophy, facts without perspective and valuation, cannot save us from havoc and despair. Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Will Durant1885–1981The Story of Philosophy (1926)
- Philosophy
- Science
To the quiet mind all things are possible.
Meister Eckhart1260–1328As translated in A Dazzling Darkness: An Anthology of Western Mysticism (1985) by Patrick Grant