I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
MoliereRead
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
Interpretation
Acting too quickly can lead to mistakes and poor decisions.
This quote by Moliere highlights the dangers of rushing into decisions without careful consideration. It serves as a reminder that taking the time to think and reflect is crucial in avoiding errors, suggesting that patience and deliberation are key components of wise decision-making.
In practice
A speaker might use this quote when discussing the importance of careful planning in project management.
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope
Long is the road from conception to completion.
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
Peaceful is the one who is not concerned with having more or less.
Value investing doesn't always work. The market doesn't always agree with you. Over time, value is roughly the way the market prices stocks, but over the short term, which sometimes can be as long as two or three years, there are periods when it doesn't work. And that is a very good thing. The fact that our value approach doesn't work over periods of time is precisely the reason why it continues to work over the long term.
Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.
An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
To be gentle and kind, modest and truthful, to be full of faith and integrity, doing no wrong is of God; goodness sheds a halo of loveliness around every person who possesses it, making their countenances beam with light, and their society desirable because of its excellency. They are loved of God, of holy angels, and of all the good earth, while they are hated, envied, admired, and feared by the wicked.
I care so much about everything that I care about nothing.
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