“It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.”
More from Voltaire on Wisdom
“Never having been able to succeed in the world, he took his revenge by speaking ill of it.”
“One should always cite what one does not understand at all in the language one understands the least.”
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
“I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.”
“It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.”
“The best is the enemy of good.”
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
“The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.”
“By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.”
“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
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.”