Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Quote by Horace
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Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
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Horace Quotes
- Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
- Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
- It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
- He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
- You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
- It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
- Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
- Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it a mistress, if thou knowest not.
- Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
- A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Best Quotes
- The past is a story you can't change, but the future is a limitless destiny you can venture. Make your own history and your story shall live to be told.
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
- Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.
- In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.
- Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
- Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
- There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.
- If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
- Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.
- For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.