LEARNING
FROM OTHERS
Great men express the gist of their
practical experience or deep thinking in short sayings which others may read to
enrich their knowledge, enhance their wisdom, and amplify their vision about
life.
Here are several examples of such
expressions.
1.
Not
failure, but low aim, is crime.---J. R. Lowell, American poet 1819-91
2.
It
is worse to apprehend than to suffer.----Bruyere, Jean de la, French essayist
(1645-96).
3.
He
best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.----Francis Bacon,
English essayist and philosopher (1561-1626).
4.
Brevity
is the soul of wit.----William Shakespeare , English poet-playwright (1564-1616).
5.
The
one prudence of life is concentration.—Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist
and poet (1803-1882).
6.
Life often presents us with a choice of evils
rather than of good.---Colton Caleb C, English clergy (1780-1832).
7.
A
man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience. ---Henry Home,
Scottish judge (1696-1782).
8.
Without
consistency there is no moral strength.----John Jason Owen, American clergy
(1803-69).
9.
The
over curious are not over wise.----Philip Massinger, English poet-dramatist (1583-1640)
10.
Delicacy
is to the mind what fragrance is to the fruit. A. Poincilot, French author and
philosopher (---1850).
11.
The early morning has gold in its mouth.----Benjamin
Franklin, American author and statesman (1706-90).
12.
One should eat to live, not live to eat.---Benjamin
Franklin.
13.
The education of the human mind commences in
the cradle.----T. Cogan, English physician (1736-1818)
14.
The wisest man may always learn something from
the humblest peasant.----J. P. Senn, Swiss writer (1792-1870).
15.
No crime is so great to envy as daring to
excel.----Winston Churchill, Statesman and former Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom (1874-1965).
16.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall. ----Confucius, Chinese philosopher (Died 479
BC).
17.
Men of cold passions have quick eyes.----Hawthorne,
American author (1804-64).
18.
Even
the best things are not equal to their fame.---Henry David Thoreau , American naturalist and essayist (1817-62).
19.
Man is a poetical enemy and delights in
fiction.---William Hazlitt, English essayist (1778-1830).
20.
The future is always a fairy land to the young.----English
journalist George Augustus Sala (1828-95).
21.
A mask of gold hides all deformities.-------Thomas
Dekker, English dramatist (1572-1632).
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G. R. Kanwal
2nd September 2026
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