„Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.“
— Lin Yutang, buch The Importance of Living
Quelle: The Importance of Living (1937), p. 150
„The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.“
Letzte Aktualisierung 3. Juni 2021. Geschichte
Lin Yutang1
chinesischer Schriftsteller 1895 - 1976Ähnliche Zitate
„Philanthropy is part of our DNA - business-wise and family-wise.“
— Sukanto Tanoto Indonesian businessman 1949
CNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCBNr3punKw
2017
„A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.“
— Michel De Montaigne, buch Essays
Book I, Ch. 38. Of Solitude
Essais (1595), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
„A man should never neglect his family for business.“
— Walt Disney American film producer and businessman 1901 - 1966
Quelle: How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life (2004), Ch. 14 : The Real Walt Disney, p. 361
„A wise man once said, "never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment."“
— Frank Zappa American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer 1940 - 1993
Interview with Grace Slick on Rockplace (11 February 1984).
„Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.“
— Jean De La Fontaine French poet, fabulist and writer. 1621 - 1695
La mort ne surprend point le sage:
Il est toujours prêt à partir.
Book VIII (1678-1679), fable 1.
Fables (1668–1679)
„The wise, for cure, on exercise depend;
God never made his work for man to mend.“
— John Dryden English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century 1631 - 1700
Epistle to John Driden of Chesterton (1700), lines 92–95.
Kontext: Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought,
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.
The wise, for cure, on exercise depend;
God never made his work for man to mend.
„It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.“
— Diogenes Laërtius biographer of ancient Greek philosophers 180 - 240
Xenophanes, 3.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 9: Uncategorized philosophers and Skeptics
„We cannot make Events. Our Business is wisely to improve them.“
— Samuel Adams American statesman, Massachusetts governor, and political philosopher 1722 - 1803
Letter to Samuel Cooper (30 April 1776) http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2093
Kontext: We cannot make Events. Our Business is wisely to improve them. There has been much to do to confirm doubting Friends & fortify the Timid. It requires time to bring honest Men to think & determine alike even in important Matters. Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
„A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.“
— Malcolm X American human rights activist 1925 - 1965
— William Blake English Romantic poet and artist 1757 - 1827
Quelle: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Lines 8–9
— Conor McGregor Irish mixed martial artist and boxer 1988
UFC 178 post-event press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAAC34JzxS0 (September 2014), Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa, LLC
2010s, 2014
„The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.“
— Anatole France French writer 1844 - 1924
Touchstone, Act V, scene i
Misattributed
„The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.“
— William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Touchstone, Act V, scene i
Quelle: As You Like It (1599–1600)
