A wise man recognizes the convenience of a general statement, but he bows to the authority of a particular fact. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Facts, Wisdom You May Also Like Life is not for everyone. By Michael O’Donoghue About strength, Life, Sarcastic, Wisdom A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. By JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN Wisdom Knowing how hard it is to collect a fact, you understand why most people want to have some fun analyzing it. By Jesse L. Greenstein Facts Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. By THOMAS J. WATSON Goals, Wisdom, Wise Wisdom at times is found in folly. By Horace Wisdom Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. By Carl Jung Darkness, Know yourself, Psychology, Wisdom, Wise You May Also Like from Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. A lecture ought to be something which all can understand, about something which interests everybody. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Public speaking, Wise The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor great scholars great men. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Achievement, Greatness, Scholars If you mean to keep as well as possible, the less you think about your health, the better. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Health … there’s nothing that keeps its youth / So far as I know, but a tree and truth. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Truth, Youth Nothing is so commonplace as to wish to be remarkable. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Ambition A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Funny, Thinking, Thought
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. By JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN Wisdom
Knowing how hard it is to collect a fact, you understand why most people want to have some fun analyzing it. By Jesse L. Greenstein Facts
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. By THOMAS J. WATSON Goals, Wisdom, Wise
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. By Carl Jung Darkness, Know yourself, Psychology, Wisdom, Wise
A lecture ought to be something which all can understand, about something which interests everybody. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Public speaking, Wise
The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor great scholars great men. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Achievement, Greatness, Scholars
If you mean to keep as well as possible, the less you think about your health, the better. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Health
… there’s nothing that keeps its youth / So far as I know, but a tree and truth. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Truth, Youth
A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Funny, Thinking, Thought
