# Favourite Wise sayings to Live your life by! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 3, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052 "2016-01-03T11:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TheAllSeeingEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TheAllSeeingEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheAllSeeingEye)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/41 "2016-01-04T10:39:57Z")
Stare at the profit and step in the pitfall - Chinese ---
**Author:** ![Blackstock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Blackstock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackstock)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/42 "2016-01-04T13:16:47Z")
“That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.” - Pat Hodgell “When a man dies, it’s not only of his disease; he dies of his whole life.” -Charles Péguy “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” - Marcello Truzzi “There is nothing noble about pain.” - Unknown ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/43 "2016-01-04T13:19:02Z")
Never pass up a chance to go to the bathroom. This has served me well for many years. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/44 "2016-01-04T13:41:12Z")
**When elephants fight, it is the grass that loses** - African saying (attributed) \*\*Always cut cards \*\*- Various, but I read it in Heinlein’s _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ **Shared pain is lessened; Shared joyed is increased** - Spider Robinson **Good Judgement comes from Experience; Experience comes from Bad Judgement** - Old Indian saying (attributed) **The enemy of my enemy is my enemies enemy. No more. No less** - Schlock Mercenary (and something our politicians should be made to memorize, IMHO). ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/45 "2016-01-04T13:47:17Z")
From my father (on whom be peace): “No amount of staring ever turned a deuce into an ace.” ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/46 "2016-01-04T14:15:43Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > From my father (on whom be peace): “No amount of staring ever turned a deuce into an ace.” Except when it’s the last trump. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/47 "2016-01-04T14:15:57Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > It is better to be (a) warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war You wouldn’t say that if you’d seen me in action with my propane weed torch. “The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” - Carl Sagan ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/48 "2016-01-04T15:07:03Z")
In my memory, I came up with this, but I’m sure I read it somewhere and have simply forgotten where. I like it: “Peace is not always quiet.” ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/49 "2016-01-04T15:47:15Z")
**Enjoy every sandwich** - Warren Zevon ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/50 "2016-01-04T16:08:24Z")
**Ralph Waldo Emerson** : I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/51 "2016-01-04T16:37:43Z")
Spend less than you earn. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/52 "2016-01-04T17:41:54Z")
If a man takes drink, be sure his family will suffer, and vice-versa. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/53 "2016-01-04T17:52:53Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > “Some days the magic works. Some days it doesn’t.” But, a knife always works. * * * This, too, shall pass. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/54 "2016-01-04T18:22:57Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” > > _Hunter S Thompson_, also a previous sig of one of the esteemed SDMB members, **RickJay** if I’m not mistaken. You are half right. It belongs to **Rick**. ---
**Author:** ![Annadroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Annadroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annadroid)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/55 "2016-01-04T18:43:22Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Less is more. - Robert Browning Not always. - Me ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/56 "2016-01-04T19:38:45Z")
> [@TCMF-2L](#): > > **Ralph Waldo Emerson** : I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. > > TCMF-2L “Those who often quote others have no original thoughts of their own” Oscar Wilde ---
**Author:** ![Annadroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Annadroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annadroid)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/57 "2016-01-04T20:44:58Z")
“More is not better. Better is better. You don’t need a bigger house; you need a different floor plan. You don’t need more stuff; you need stuff you’ll actually use.” - Alex Steffen ---
**Author:** ![Annadroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Annadroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annadroid)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/58 "2016-01-04T20:48:56Z")
Most of the time, I would rather have one thing of good quality over lots of something of poor quality. - Me ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/59 "2016-01-04T22:16:03Z")
You didn’t make it perfect, but better is better. You cannot dip your toes into the same river twice. In some rivers, you wouldn’t want to. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/60 "2016-01-04T22:30:49Z")
Now that I’m older I’ve found this is true, The thing that remains is the good that you do. - Johnny Cash (I don’t think he wrote those lyrics, but he sang them.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052.md?page=4)