“Time is the wisest counsellor of all.”
“Time is the wisest counselor of all.”
As quoted in Until Tomorrow Comes (1979) by Orville E. Kelly, p. 160
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Pericles 15
Greek statesman, orator, and general of Athens -494–-429 BCRelated quotes
“Be ruled by time, the wisest counsellor of all.”
Parallel Lives, Pericles
“Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.”
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35
“The wisest time of all times is now. Now you are enlightened. Just now.”
Source: The Wisest of All Times is Now! p. 24. (2021)
Notes on a Cellar-Book (1920; Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008) p. 32
“Timely silence, then, is precious, for it is nothing less than the mother of the wisest thoughts.”
§ 70
On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480 AD)
“Sometimes moderation is a bad counselor.”
Examples of self-translation (c. 2004), Quotes - Zitate - Citations - Citazioni
“The cold is a good counselor, but it is cold.”
El frío es un buen consejero, pero es frío.
Voces (1943)