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Charles de Montesquieu Quote: “In most things success depends on…”

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

September 17, 2021 1689, Charles de Montesquieu, French, January 18, Quotes by Philosophers

Cesare Pavese Quote: “The art of living is the…”

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

September 9, 2021 1908, Cesare Pavese, Italian, Quotes by Poets, September 9

Baltasar Gracian Quote: “True knowledge lies in knowing how…”

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

September 2, 2021 1601, Baltasar Gracian, January 8, Quotes by Philosophers, Spanish

Annie Besant Quote: “That is the true definition of…”

That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is not present.

August 31, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

Jorge Luis Borges Quote: “Like all those possessing a library…”

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.

July 27, 2021 1899, Argentinian, August 24, Jorge Luis Borges, Quotes by Poets

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “With the emergence of civilization, the…”

With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of years to millennia. With the emergence of science as a way of knowing the universe, the rate of change shifted to centuries.

July 20, 2021 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

Margaret Thatcher Quote: “What is success? I think it…”

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

July 4, 2021 1925, English, Margaret Thatcher, October 13, Quotes by Leaders

Golda Meir Quote: “The public history of modern art…”

The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.

July 4, 2021 1898, Golda Meir, Israeli, May 3, Quotes by Leaders

Desiderius Erasmus Quote: “A good portion of speaking will…”

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

June 29, 2021 1466, Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch, October 26, Quotes by Philosophers

Ramana Maharshi Quote: “As instruments for knowing the objects…”

As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer senses; and the mind is called the inner sense because it is inside. But the distinction between inner and outer is only with reference to the body; in truth, there is neither inner nor outer. The mind’s nature is to remain pure like ether.

June 29, 2021 1879, December 20, Indian, Quotes by Philosophers, Ramana Maharshi

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