"A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind."

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Source : "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". I, 35. Book by Diogenes Laërtius,

Thales

#Mind Quotes #Prudent Quotes #Proof Quotes

“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”
“The prices of all imports would rise if the dollar depreciates.”
“Better live a crossing-sweeper than die and be made to talk twaddle by a "medium" hired at a guinea a seance.”
“If ye live enough befure thirty ye won't care to live at all afther fifty.”
“When you train six to seven hours a day to be the best in your sport, you don't want that to be overlooked. I don't train for my looks.”
“If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.”
“I hate solitude, but I'm afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself which to turn into a dialogue would be equivalent to self-destruction. The company which I need is the company which a pub or a cafe will provide. I have never wanted a communion of souls. It's already hard enough to tell the truth to oneself.”
“My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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