#wisdom

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. ↗

— Aristotle

#choice #concerned #determine #determined #excellence

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. ↗

— Aristotle

#justice #moderation #regulated #virtue #wisdom

The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#be true #covering #current #difference #future

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. ↗

— Mary Astell

#good #grandeur #great #makes #sets

What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating spin cycle we're in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base. ↗

— John Avlon

#conventional #conventional wisdom #cycle #different #give

It is impossible to love and to be wise. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#impossible #love #to love #wise

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#beyond #finds #good #health #hurt

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#chivalry #love #motto #only #serve

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#done #haven #i #rather #regret

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#good #good things #hard #hardest #life