#wisdo

One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself alone. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#discourse #interpersonal-communication #love #philosophy #wisdom

When it comes to words Mamma says, "If they are not good, then maybe they should not be said. ↗

— Annette Bridges

#inspirational #words-of-wisdom #words-to-live-by #communication

Old men tend to forget what thought was like in their youth; they forget the quickness of the mental jump, the daring of the youthful intuition, the agility of the fresh insight. They become accustomed to the more plodding varieties of reason, and because this is more than made up by the accumulation of experience, old men think themselves wiser than the young. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#wisdom #age

Prettiness fades after a few years, but elegance only increases with age. ↗

— Anne Gracie

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Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom. ↗

— Solon

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Nobody can open the gates of death without closing them again after him. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

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My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you? ↗

— Arthur Rimbaud

#chaos #wisdom #youth #age

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age.Nothing does --- except wrinkles.It's true,some wines improves with age.But only if the grapes were good in the first place ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#age

He watched the scene and thought of life; and (as always happened when he thought of life) he became sad. A gentle melancholy took possession of him. He felt how useless it was to struggle against fortune, this being the burden of wisdom which the ages had bequeathed him. ↗

— James Joyce

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Angry people are not always wise. ↗

— Jane Austen

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