I hear and I forget.
I see and I might remember.
I do and then I understand.
(Chinese Proverb.)
Don’t curse the darkness…
Don’t curse the darkness
— light a candle.
(Chinese Proverb.)
Κομφούκιος, «Μελέτησε το παρελθόν…»
Μελέτησε το παρελθόν
αν θες να ορίσεις το μέλλον…
(Κομφούκιος.)
Charles Churchill, «Few have reasons…»
Few have reason, most have eyes.
(Charles Churchill: The Ghost.)
Schopenhauer, «There is…»
There is in us something
wiser than our head.
(Schopenhauer: Counsels and Maxims.)
Gracián, «Sometimes…»
Sometimes it proves
the highest understanding
not to understand.
(Gracián: The Art of Worldly Wisdom.)
Gracián, «Many would be wise…»
Many would be wise
if they did not think
themselves wise.
(Gracián: The Art of Worldly Wisdom.)
O. W. Holmes, «A moment’s insight…»
A moment’s insight is sometimes
worth a life’s experience.
(O. W. Holmes: The Professor at the Breakfast Table.)
Robert Burton, «Wit without employment…»
Wit without employment is a disease.
(Robert Burton:Anatomy of Melancholy.)
Blake, «If others…»
If others had not been foolish,
we should be so.
(Blake: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.)