“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”
More from Thomas Jefferson on Wisdom
“A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character”
“When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.”
“The more ignorant we become the less value we set on science, and the less inclination we shall have to seek it.”
“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.”
“Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.”
“Everything yields to diligence”
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”
“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”