Consists Quotes

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.

The core of my personality consists of many selves.

The true art of government consists in not governing too much.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.

Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as wealth.

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

If I had political responsibility, I would want to prepare for a plan B that would foresee that the European currency union, that the eurozone, no longer necessarily consists of 17 member states. And that means to make provisions so that other countries are not pulled into the maelstrom through contagion.

The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

This consists of a series of meetings that may last several days through which information is provided that may include reviewing documentaries, news programs, court records and certain reports about the group in question.

According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another.