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«To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.»
Author: Akhenaton
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Wisdom
| Keywords:
cares, contented, great care, hidden, riches, satisfied, treasure, with great care
«To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it,»
Author: Horace Walpole
| About:
Action,
Common sense,
Happiness,
Philosophy,
Wisdom
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bless, duties, respectfully, submit
«To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.»
«To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
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Age,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
Art of Living, chapters, old master, Old Masters, the Master
«To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution»
«Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.»
«To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.»
«To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Philosophy,
Simplicity,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
dictates
«To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
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Wisdom
| Keywords:
apprehension, apprehensions, belongs, eternal, intellectual, rational, temporal
«Travelling makes a man wiser, but less happy.»
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