Wisdom Sayings

It is not the eye that sees the light, but the mind that sees the light through the eye.

If a man will not be a fool, he must not be a dogmatist.

Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

I can not tell a lie. I did cut down the cherry tree.

I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.

I will make a difference between the obedient and the disobedient.

I like to talk to a man, not to a woman, because a man is always less troublesome.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Treason is a disease that must be cut out with a sharp knife.

I almost had to wait.

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

The mind is like white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

I think, therefore I am.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

Pre-established harmony is the only way to explain the agreement of substances without their interaction.

The mind of man is subject to three diseases; namely, to be too credulous, to be too incredulous, or to be too curious.