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Biography - Mahatma Gandhi:

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Indian lawyer and political ethicist.
Born: 1869 - Died: 1948
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: India
India

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il n'est pas sage d'être trop sûr de notre sagesse. Il est bon de se faire rappeler que le plus fort peut s'affaiblir et que le plus sage peut se tromper.

German
Es ist nicht weise, zu sicher über seine eigene Weisheit zu sein. Es ist gut, daran erinnert zu werden, dass die Starken schwach werden und die Weisen sich irren können.




See also 

See also...



It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.

If we are too wise, we may be equally to blame.

Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than does folly.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.




Quotes for: mistake


Quotes

Quotes about mistake:


Love truth, but pardon error.





What is tolerance? It is the endowment of humanity. We are all steeped in weakness and error; let us forgive each other our stupidities, that is the first law of nature.





Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.





Any man can make mistakes.





I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong.





Without music, life would be a mistake.











Quotes for: wisdom


Quotes

Quotes about wisdom:


Patience is the companion of wisdom.





To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.





All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.





Wisdom leads us back to childhood.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.











Quotes

Mahatma Gandhi also said...


There is more to life than increasing its speed.





Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.





Where there is love there is life.





My life is my message.





The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision.





Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.












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