Aristotle: That which is desirable on its own account and for the sake of knowing it is more of the nature of wisdom than that whic

That which is desirable on its own account and for the sake of knowing it is mor — Aristotle

That which is desirable on its own account and for the sake of knowing it is more of the nature of wisdom than that which is desirable on account of its results.

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For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing. — Aristotle
君子食無求飽，居無求安，敏於事而慎於言，就有道而正焉，可謂好學也已。 — Confucius
Oh Thou who didst with Pitfall and with Gin Beset the Road I was to wander in, T — Omar Khayyám
Some people are more nice than wise. — William Cowper
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. — William James
Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is worse. — Swami Vivekananda
Freiheit ist immer Freiheit der Andersdenkenden — Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters. Rosa Luxemburg
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. — Michel de Montaigne
It seems the part of wisdom. — William Cowper