Quotes

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  • Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise: seek what they sought. – Unknown

  • Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. – Plato

  • We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again – and that is well; but also she will never sit…

  • Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. – Jimi Hendrix

  • Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it. – Benjamin Franklin

  • If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually live longer; it just seems longer. – Clement Freud

  • Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. – Mark Twain

  • Bad habits are hard to break, especially if you like them. – Unknown

  • It’s the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. – Tallulah Bankhead

  • Whenever I’m caught between two evils, I take the one I’ve never tried. – Mae West

  • Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. – Socrates

  • My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. – Errol Flynn