Today's words of wisdom - Page 109

Jimbuna · 01-25-24, 09:24 AM

Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom.

Sam Houston

mapuc · 01-25-24, 02:23 PM

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
- Michel de Montaigne

Markus

Jimbuna · 01-26-24, 12:58 PM

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.

Edward Young

Jimbuna · 01-26-24, 01:00 PM

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.

Sam Houston

mapuc · 01-26-24, 05:25 PM

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
- Pythagoras

Markus

Jimbuna · 01-27-24, 01:47 PM

If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.

Antonin Scalia

mapuc · 01-27-24, 02:24 PM

Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom.
- Witold Gombrowicz

Markus

Jimbuna · 01-28-24, 07:29 AM

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Aktungbby · 01-28-24, 12:09 PM

He who casts his 'pearls of wisdom' before swine...must love pork. -Felipe Vicente Dali

mapuc · 01-28-24, 12:48 PM

There is only a finger’s difference between a wise man and a fool.
- Diogenes

Markus

Aktungbby · 01-28-24, 12:56 PM

^'Tis oft the middle-finger!

-Felipe Vicente Dali

Jimbuna · 01-29-24, 01:49 PM

Radical common sense is the wisdom gleaned from the past that recognizes the perishable opportunities of the moment. It is the willingness to admit error and the refusal to be deterred by failure.

Marilyn Ferguson

mapuc · 01-30-24, 04:27 AM

Never say no twice if you mean it.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Markus

Jimbuna · 01-30-24, 01:18 PM

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary.

Octavio Paz

mapuc · 01-31-24, 01:55 PM

Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.
- Buddha

Markus

01-25-24, 09:24 AM	#1621
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,284 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom. Sam Houston __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-25-24, 02:23 PM	#1622
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,906 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself. - Michel de Montaigne Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

01-26-24, 12:58 PM	#1623
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,284 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss. Edward Young __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-26-24, 01:00 PM	#1624
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,284 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under. Sam Houston __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-26-24, 05:25 PM	#1625
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,906 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence. - Pythagoras Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

01-27-24, 01:47 PM	#1626
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,284 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world. Antonin Scalia __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-27-24, 02:24 PM	#1627
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,906 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom. - Witold Gombrowicz Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

01-28-24, 07:29 AM	#1628
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,284 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-28-24, 12:09 PM	#1629
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,870 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	He who casts his 'pearls of wisdom' before swine...must love pork. -Felipe Vicente Dali __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-28-24, 12:48 PM	#1630
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,906 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	There is only a finger’s difference between a wise man and a fool. - Diogenes Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

01-28-24, 12:56 PM	#1631
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,870 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	^'Tis oft the middle-finger!-Felipe Vicente Dali __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-29-24, 01:49 PM	#1632
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,284 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Radical common sense is the wisdom gleaned from the past that recognizes the perishable opportunities of the moment. It is the willingness to admit error and the refusal to be deterred by failure. Marilyn Ferguson __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-30-24, 04:27 AM	#1633
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,906 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Never say no twice if you mean it. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

01-30-24, 01:18 PM	#1634
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,284 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary. Octavio Paz __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-31-24, 01:55 PM	#1635
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,906 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves. - Buddha Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat