Logo
He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies

He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream. – Proverb

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Wisdom
category

To keep your secret is wisdom to expect others to keep it is folly. – William Samuel Johnson

Category:
Wisdom

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. – Bernard De Voto

Category:
Wisdom

People always blame the girl she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys cant manage it. – Anna Quindlen

Category:
Wisdom

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Wisdom

Random Quotes

Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something. – James Dyson

Category:
Failure

There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. – Princess Diana

Category:
Marriage

I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out. – Rodney Dangerfield

Category:
Hockey

It is important to fund young researchers who want to do curiosity-driven research. Curiosity-driven research is a part of life. Some people are curious. They want to learn more about nature and society should help that. Its like art: you can learn more and bring more beauty. – Serge Haroche

Category:
Beauty