"The wise are not so much wiser..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
The wise are not so much wiser than others as respecters of their own wisdom.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“Simplicity is the law of Nature for man as well as for flowers. When the tapestry (corolla) of the nuptial bed (calyx) is excessive, luxuriant, it is unproductive. The fertile flowers are single, not double.”
“While my friend was my friend, he flattered me, and I never heard the truth from him. When he became my enemy, he shot it to me on a poisoned arrow.”
“Do not despair of your life. You have force enough to overcome your obstacles.”
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“Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.”
“Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.”
“Much that we hug today as knowledge is ignorance pure and simple. It makes the mind wander and even reduces it to a vacuity.”
More on Self Respect
“If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.”
“There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; it is worth going to jail for. I would rather be a free pauper than a rich slave. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self respect.”
“It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.”