“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little”
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“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little”
“Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other”
“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation”
“It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things”
“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell”
“When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear”
“Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall”
“We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.”
“Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.”
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of the cats is infinitely superior. ”
“Man may be considered as a superior species of animal that produces philosophies and poems in about the same way a silkworm produces their cocoons and bees their hives”
“The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.”