Common Wisdoms

Platforms change – psychology doesn’t. Michael Fishman - American marketing expert and business consultant (b. 1960), Quotations book 2018

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poet (1807-1882), from "Kavanagh" (1849), Quotations book 2019

He invented the "Franklin" open stove. He discovered that lightning is an electrical discharge by experimenting with a kite during a thunderstorm. He founded the Philadelphia Library, the University of Pennsylvania, and the American Philosophical Society. An accomplished linguist, he helped his nation better its relations with the European powers when those relations were critical to its...

Wisdom frees from doubts, morality frees from suffering, determination frees from fear. 知者不惑， 仁者不憂， 勇者不懼。 attributed to Confucius - Chinese philosopher and teacher (around 551-479 B.C.), from the "Lun Yu", a collection of sayings attributed to Master Kong and his followers, first published in the 2nd century (book IX, chapter 28), Quotations book...

It is easier to catch an escaped horse than to take back an escaped word. Mongolian proverb

He who would travel happily must travel light. attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - French aviator and writer (1900-1994), Quotations book 2017 Pour voyager heureux, voyagez léger. attribué à Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – écrivain, et aviateur français (1900-1944), Brochure de citation 2017

If a day has not been your friend, it has been your teacher. Wisdom - Quotations book 2015

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau - American writer and philosopher (1817-1862), from "Walden" (1854), Quotations book 2015

La parole est moitié à celui qui parle, moitié à celui qui l’écoute. Speaking is half his who speaks, and half his who hears. Michel de Montaigne - French writer and philosopher (1533-1592), from "De l"expèrience", published in the third volume of his essays (1595), Quotations book 2015

Talk only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. The Bible, Ephesians 4:29 (NIV) - Quotations book 2015

With only one Hand, you can"t tie a knot. from Mongolia - Quotations book 2014

Le bonheur est de connaître ses limites et de les aimer. Romain Rolland - écrivain et pacifiste français, prix Nobel de littérature 1915 (1866-1944), de "Jean-Christophe: La Nouvelle Journée" (1912)

Only the good is worth talking about. Arabic wisdom

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Chinese proverb

Happiness is a perfume that one cannot shed over another without a few drops falling on oneself. American proverb

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you. Laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion. William Makepeace Thackeray - English romancier (1811-1863), from "Vanity Fair" (1848)

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help little men by tearing down big men. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class...

Fame is like a river, that bears up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. Sir Francis Bacon - English philosopher, politician and writer (1561-1626), from his essay "Of Praise" (1612)

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