wisdom
A selected quote by Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions, such a man is a mere article of the world’s furniture.
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It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things
Four seasons fill the measure of the year; there are four seasons in the mind of man
It is never too late to be wise.
All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.
I think, therefore I am.
If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning