Logo
Quote by Jose Bergamin
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the princip

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom. – Jose Bergamin

Other quotes by Jose Bergamin

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces. – Jose Bergamin

Category:
Intelligence
Author
Jose Bergamin
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Wisdom
category

You have to find out whats right for you, so its trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself. – Teri Garr

Category:
Wisdom

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action. – Louis D. Brandeis

Category:
Wisdom

I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom. – Nina Totenberg

Category:
Wisdom

Im someone whos done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s. – Elizabeth McGovern

Category:
Wisdom

Random Quotes

I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of student-athletes. I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I dont believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but thats another story. – Susan Orlean

Category:
Money

If you really want something you just hang with it. We think our futures ahead and not behind. – Jerry Only

Category:
Future

You really have to be a morning person if you want to be a teacher. – Alanna Ubach

Category:
Morning

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind. – Leo Rosten

Category:
Philosophical