Asser Quotes

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

'Tis virtue, and not birth that makes us noble: Great actions speak great minds, and such should govern.

I'd have liked to have been a bit more intellectual. I'd have liked to have had more brains.

Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.

I can say conscientiously that I do not know in the world a man of purer integrity, more dispassionate, disinterested, and devoted to genuine Republicanism; nor could I in the whole scope of America and Europe point out an abler head.

... smart but not wise.

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious—just dead wrong.

Henry Kissinger is possessed of a truly superior intelligence, in addition to which he has two qualities which, unfortunately, many great men lack: he is able to listen and he has a very subtle sense of humor.

... always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes ... absolutely out of his senses.

For those of you who pray, I ask that you pray that I will always judge with wisdom and integrity as a faithful servant of the law.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

I like observing intelligent people who have expertise in areas I'm mostly ignorant about.

Only the noble of heart are called to difficulty.

A well-trained man knows how to answer questions; an educated man knows what questions are worth asking.

Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki

Incredulity is not wisdom.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond all senses.

For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years

All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.

An open mind but not an empty head.

To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base.