#wisdom

"Please Don't Commemorate Me Just Yet [10w] The living are only commemorated when they're at death's door."

"Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity."

"It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten."

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

"Spineless "How do you know which invertebrate lacks resolution if they're all spineless?"

"Voodoo I'm phobic about pins and needles.Can I just stick a voodoo doll in the microwave?"

"Older doesn't necessarily mean wiser. Some trees live to be hundreds of years old, and what the fuck do they know?"

"Never let your uniqueness be compromised"

"Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever."

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."

"In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence."

"While wisdom dictates the need for education, education does not necessarily make one wise."

"Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside."

"Being aware is being aware of one's own mind and the games it plays on itself."

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?"

"Preparation [10w] Hope for the best, but prepare for your insufferable wife."

"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced."

"Author says her father was so diplomatic that when people came to him for solutions, people not only accepted them, but they believed they thought of them."

"The Hand that Feeds You Don't bite the hand that feeds you ~unless you're in a haunted houseand the fucking hand isn't attached to anything."

"There can be no forced inspiration."