Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.”
Reading as Construction (1980)
Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 245.
“There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.”
Source: The 48 Laws of Power
Guardian Camwar, in Ch. 4 : the cooper<!-- p. 42 -->
Source: The Visitor (2002)
Context: You asked for wisdom? Hear these words. Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.
“Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying”
“As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well.”
First Century, sect. 8.
Centuries of Meditations
“Nothing in the world was more terrible than an empty bottle! Unless it was an empty glass.”
Source: Under the Volcano (1947), Ch. III (p. 86)
“4934. There is nothing more precious than Time, and nothing more prodigally wasted.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
