Ambrose Bierce Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Disappointment Quotes

OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it.

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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It's subtle and hard to perceive. It's like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can't tell others.

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Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

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The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.

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Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

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Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.

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From a political point of view, there is but one principle, the sovereignty of man over himself. This sovereignty of myself over myself is called Liberty

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Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change.

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It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly.

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Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

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Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

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At a fundamental level, as human beings, we are all the same; each one of us aspires to happiness and each one of us does not wish to suffer. This is why, whenever I have the opportunity, I try to draw people's attention to what as members of the human family we have in common and the deeply interconnected nature of our existence and welfare.

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Bodily decrepitude is wisdom; young We loved each other and were ignorant.

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This was my prayer: an adequate portion of land with a garden and a spring of water and a small wood to complete the picture.

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To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

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Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

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There's no straight line to progress.

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Does the Eagle know what is in the pit Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl?

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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

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