Quotes, maxims and aphorisms - Buboquote.com

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods

wisdom

All of us harbour in ourselves hidden gardens and plantations;

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - The Joyful Science

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

Jean de La Bruyere - Les Caractères

time

The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Let us read and let us dance—these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Voltaire - Philosophical Dictionary

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

sage

To live without philosophizing is properly to have one's eyes closed and never attempt to open them.

René Descartes - Principles of Philosophy

The Owl of Minerva begins her flight only at the coming of twilight.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - Elements of the Philosophy of Right

Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.

Immanuel Kant - Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals

Harmony between two individuals is never granted - it has to be conquered indefinitely.

Simone de Beauvoir

Harmony between two individuals is never granted - it has to be conquered indefinitely.

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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.

Voltaire - Philosophical Dictionary

Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.

Michel de Montaigne - Essays

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.

When you are happy, there is still much to be done: to comfort others.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

We have need of morality only for want of love.

André Comte-Sponville

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

Theodor W. Adorno

The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.

The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.

Richard Phillips Feynman

Become who you are!

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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You cannot hold the day back, but you can avoid wasting it.

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When someone opposes me, he arouses my attention, not my anger. I go to greet a man who contradicts me, who instructs me.

Michel de Montaigne - Essays

anger

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

Katherine Mansfield

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."

Hans Christian Andersen

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."

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The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.

Vincent Willem van Gogh

The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.

People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.

Albert Einstein

Man

People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.

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It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince

The effort we make to be happy is never lost.

Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain - Propos sur le bonheur

happiness

Silence is often the truest wisdom.

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