Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
As we grow old we become both more foolish and more wise.
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
Man is never less sincere than when he asks, or offers, advice. When he asks it, he seems to defer to the wisdom of his friend, but really he seeks approval of his own opinion, and to make his friend responsible with him for his actions. When he offers advice, he seems to repay the confidence of his inquirer with disinterested zeal, while really seeking to bolster his own advantage or reputation.
It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding.
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.
The defects of the understanding, like those of the face, grow worse as we grow old.
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy nothing can make a fool content.
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories