Fernsage

Quotes on practical wisdom

Words worth remembering, each checked against its source, with the story behind it. Add any of them to your Fernsage book, and they'll come back to you.

  1. No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such.

    Marcus Aurelius Character · Discipline

  2. Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

    Samuel Johnson Learning · Habits · Discipline

  3. We must always work, and a self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood. If we wait for the mood, without…

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Work · Discipline · Habits