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Wisdom
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Most people would rather die than think. In fact, they do.
Sometimes a whisper speaks volumes.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
The less you know, the more you think you know, because you don't know you don't know.
Clear writers assume, with a pessimism born of experience, that whatever isn't plainly stated the reader will invariably misconstrue.
Experience is often what you get when you were expecting something else.
Some people speak from experience; others, from experience, don't speak.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Wise men make proverbs; fools repeat them.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve.
The only way round is through.
Most problems are either unimportant or impossible to solve.
We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion.
He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
He who rocks the boat seldom has time to row it.
People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it.
Until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
You will break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Don't remember what you can infer.
If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it over.
Wasting time is an important part of living.
Humour
I don't make predictions. I never have and I never will.
Serendipity is looking for a needle in a haystack and finding the farmer's daughter.
I like hard work; I can watch it for hours.
If you have nothing to do, don't do it here.
There's no future in time travel.
Have you had this complaint before? Well, you've got it again.
People are our best asset; every time we fire some the shares go up.
It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.
42.6% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Don't anthropomorphize computers, they don't like it.
Probably one of the toughest times in anyone's life is when you have to kill someone you love because they are the Devil.
What's the name of that disease where people forget things?
It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
When will all the rhetorical questions end?
If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.
There are three signs of old age. The first is loss of memory, the other two I forget.
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.
Some people are alive only because it is illegal to kill them.
Latin
| Quote | Translation |
| Cogito ergo doleo. | I think, therefore I am depressed. |
| Diabolus fecit, ut id facerem! | The devil made me do it! |
| Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum. | The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet. |
| Omne ignotum pro magnifico est. | Anything we haven't seen before is marvellous. |
| Cuiusvis hominis est errare; nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare. | Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one. |
| Mendacem memorem esse oportere. | A liar better have a good memory. |
| Ipsa scientia potestas est. | Knowledge itself is power. |
| Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. | Men gladly believe that which they wish for. |
| Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium artem saepe vincit. | Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. |
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