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Quote on a picture of the Norman Gate in Périgueux, France.

“The difference between death and other forms of human experience lies in this, that we can gain no information about it. The dead man is wise, but he is silent.” — Alexander Smith, “Of Death and the Fear of Dying,” Dreamthorp

Author YahooeyPosted on November 20, 2022November 17, 2022Categories QuotationsTags Alexander Smith, silence, wisdomLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Quote with a picture of Ernest Hemingway.

“No, that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.” — Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

Author YahooeyPosted on September 19, 2021September 18, 2021Categories QuotationsTags age, careful, Ernest Hemingway, wisdomLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Quote with a picture of Ernest Hemingway.

“It is the body that is old. Sometimes I am afraid I will break off a finger as one breaks a stick of chalk. And the spirit is no older and not much wiser.” — Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

Author YahooeyPosted on July 27, 2021July 26, 2021Categories QuotationsTags aging, body, Ernest Hemingway, wisdom4 Comments on Quote of the Day

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Quote with a picture of Alan Alda.

“It takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found.” — Alan Alda, “62nd Commencement Address,” Connecticut College (1980-06-01)

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Mocking the wisdom that comes with age is a fit sport only for those who expect never to attain much of it themselves.

“Mocking the wisdom that comes with age is a fit sport only for those who expect never to attain much of it themselves.” — Iain Banks, Inversions

Author YahooeyPosted on May 22, 2021May 19, 2021Categories QuotationsTags age, Iain Banks, mocking, wisdomLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Age does not bring wisdom, Ben, but it does give perspective.

“Age does not bring wisdom, Ben, but it does give perspective.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

Author YahooeyPosted on November 26, 2020November 17, 2020Categories QuotationsTags age, perspective, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, wisdomLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.

“There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.” — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Author YahooeyPosted on October 14, 2020October 11, 2020Categories QuotationsTags Herman Melville, madness, Moby-Dick, wisdom, woeLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones.

“Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones.” — Josh Billings, “Lobstir Sallad,” The Complete Works of Josh Billings

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Wisdom is like frequent-flyer miles and scar tissue; if it does accumulate, that happens by accident while you’re trying to do something else.

“Wisdom is like frequent-flyer miles and scar tissue; if it does accumulate, that happens by accident while you’re trying to do something else.” — Barbara Kingsolver, “How to be Hopeful,” Commencement Address, Duke University (2008-05-11)

Author YahooeyPosted on July 22, 2020July 20, 2020Categories QuotationsTags Barbara Kingsolver, How to be Hopeful, wisdomLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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A desire not to butt into other people’s business is eighty percent of all human wisdom.

“A desire not to butt into other people’s business is eighty percent of all human wisdom.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

Author YahooeyPosted on July 7, 2020July 5, 2020Categories QuotationsTags other people’s business, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, wisdomLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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