Wisdoms



Have more than thou showest.
Speak less than thou knowest.
Lend less than thou owest.

-- W. Shakespeare from Othello



If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins them.

-- Francis Bacon



The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.

-- Francis Bacon



Men ne'er spend their fury on a child.

-- W. Shakespeare from Henry IV



The foundation of understanding is the willingness to listen.



What is popular isn't always right.
What is right isn't always popular.



Words of a Child...
"Accept me as I am,
So that I may learn what I can become".



If you do not understand my silence,
You will not understand my words.



Yesterday is history.
The future is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called the present.



Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous, confirmations strong
As proofs of Holy writ.

-- W. Shakespeare from Othello



Brevity is the soul of wit.

-- W. Shakespeare from Hamlet



Unbidded guests are often welcomest when they are gone.

-- W. Shakespeare from King Henry VI



When the lion fawns upon the lamb,
The lamb will never cease to follow him.

-- W. Shakespeare from King Henry VI



Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises.

-- W. Shakespeare



Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do
and they'll surprise you with their ingenuity.

-- G.S. Patton



Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

-- D. Eisenhower



Forgiveness ...
A gift you give yourself to regain inner peace, and a gift you give others as a sign of hope.



The Prince of Darkness is a gentleman.

-- W. Shakespeare from King Lear




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