Posts from Wise words!

Judging by the conclusion drawn, it was Roosevelt who said that :) (despite all my respect for the aforementioned president).

Whoever enters the battle has already lost.
True mastery of a commander lies in winning without a fight.
A fool doesn't learn from mistakes, a smart person learns from their own, and a wise person learns from others'.

So, now Laura will go wild like Ostap in a chess club))). I'm ending my reply, otherwise I'll end up like Shakespeare.

If you drink a lot in the evening to make sure everything is okay, you'll realize in the morning that it would have been better if everything was okay in the evening.

Next are aphorisms, thoughts, and quotes by Bernard Shaw:

Beware of the man who does not answer your attack: he will never forgive you and will not allow you to forgive yourself.

Eternal vacation is a good definition of hell.

Martyrdom is the only way to become famous without having any talent for it.

A thief is not the one who steals, but the one who is caught. (;))

The punishment for a liar is not that no one believes him anymore, but that he himself no longer believes anyone.

Night brings peace to the old and hope to the young.

In general, power does not corrupt people, but fools, when they are in power, corrupt power.

Love is too great a feeling to be just a personal, intimate matter for each individual.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. There is nothing funnier in the world.

Silence is the most perfect expression of contempt.

Since I was once given to aphorisms...
Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Well, suppose you break through a wall with your head... and what will you do in the next cell???

Most often, the exit is where the entrance was.

Sometimes thoughts come to mind under escort.

Just think! Giordano Bruno was burned on the fire that Prometheus stole from the gods.

Hamlet's question sounds different in every country.

Even someone else's illiteracy interferes with writing.(!!!!!!!!!!)

Cut the branch you're sitting on only if they want to hang you from it.

Or perhaps the walls of Jericho fell because too many were blowing trumpets inside them?

The flimsier the arguments, the firmer the point of view.(!!!!!!!!!)

Under the stick, even the drum awakens the Muse.

He carried the banner high — so as not to see it.

To become the master of one's life, one must first serve the people...
Man is a bridge from the ape to the superman. A bridge across the abyss. What is valuable in man is that he is a bridge, not a goal. (Nietzsche)
Battles are won through killing and maneuvering. The better the general, the more he invests in maneuvering and the fewer killings are required. (W. Churchill)
Take away a person's light, clothes, food, friends, and the sky, and he will be left alone with himself. And for many, this is not the most pleasant company...

I like Perumov's resilience, and from Sallador's book, I quote: "Thousands of invisible threads bind you with law. Break one – you are a criminal. Ten – a suicide. All – God!"
Or here's another one (this is my own): "...And everything would be fine if everything were fine..."

Wisdom doesn't always come with age. Sometimes, age comes alone. :) If you help a friend in trouble, they will surely remember you when they are in trouble again. Sex is the greatest thing that unloving people can give each other, and the least thing that loving people can give each other. Laziness creeps so slowly that poverty quickly catches up to it. B. Franklin If you learn the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening. Confucius War is mostly a catalog of crude mistakes. W. Churchill He who commits a vile act and does not think about the shame, Will later experience unexpected grief. As-Samarkandi

Here are some beautiful and insightful quotes by Winston Churchill:

If you want to reach a goal, don't try to be delicate or clever. Use crude methods. Hit the target directly. Go back and hit again. Then hit even harder with all your might...

Looking too far ahead is short-sighted.

A fanatic is a person who cannot change his views and cannot change the subject.

A diplomat is a person who thinks twice before saying nothing.

I never stood when I could sit, and I never sat when I could lie down.

All of world history is focused in the following statement: when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they want to be just, they are often no longer strong.

Democracy is not the best system. But it is the best I know.

The price paid for greatness is responsibility.

The inherent flaw of capitalism is the unequal distribution of benefits; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.

He who was not a radical in his youth has no heart; he who is not a conservative in his maturity has no mind.

Generals always prepare for the last war.

Only statistics that you have falsified yourself are reliable.

I've tested this many times myself, and it works:

"A wise man will be silent, a fool won't understand."

Why, asks the egoist, should I work for posterity when it has done absolutely nothing for me?
K. Prutkov

A person in love with themselves at least has the advantage that they will never have many rivals.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

He who correctly points out my mistakes is my teacher; he who rightly praises my correct actions is my friend; he who flatters me is my enemy.
Xun Tzu

Fear of making a mistake should not deter us from seeking the truth.
Claude Adrien Helvétius

All people can be divided into three categories: those who joke about what they think, and those who think they are joking.

I don't know the author, but the words are golden. I really like them: 1. If your relatives don't remember you, it means they are doing well. 2. A beautiful woman pleases the eyes, and a kind one pleases the heart. One can be a beautiful thing, and the other a treasure. 3. It is better to revive one dead heart than to revive a thousand dead bodies. 4. Don't get involved with someone who has nothing to lose – the fight will be unfair. 5. Flirting is when a girl doesn't know what she wants, but achieves it by all means. 6. Sooner or later, the time comes when it's easier to buy than to steal.

Four ages of man: infancy, childhood, youth, old age - Art Linkletter
About Necromancers:
Speak only good of the dead. They might still resurrect - Wiesław Brudziński

Heroism is a kind of death, not a way of life.

Heroes are needed in times of danger, at other times heroes are dangerous - Gabriel Laub

Slander and mockery are what always appeal to the public. Joseph Addison "What will history say?" - "History, sir, will lie as always." Bernard Shaw God cannot change the past, but historians can. Samuel Butler It is much easier to get stuck in history than to enter it. Everything is in the hands of the Lord, and only History has slipped out of His control. Zbigniew Jezyna World history is the history of people's victories over people. Stefan Zeromski

Slander and mockery are what the public always demands.
Joseph Addison

"What will history say?" - "History, sir, will lie, as always."
Bernard Shaw

God cannot change the past, but historians can.
Samuel Butler

It's much easier to get stuck in history than to enter it.

Everything is in the hands of the Lord, and only History has slipped out of His control.
Zbigniew Jezyna

World history is the history of people's victories over people.
Stefan Zeromski

In Ancient China, there was a special service that oversaw the "purity" of history and persecuted those who distorted it or interpreted it freely. Those who were particularly guilty faced a terrible (and agonizing) execution by drilling their teeth!!:smile51: