A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
The wise are above books.
The wise man reads both books and life itself.
It is hard to imagine 10 years is not quite long enough to learn a lesson.
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.