Wise Moral Teacher

Famous quotes containing the words wise, moral and/or teacher:

    “O harmless Death! whom still the valiant brave,
    The wise expect, the sorrowful invite,
    And all the good embrace, who know the grave
    A short dark passage to eternal light.”
    —Sir William Davenant (1606–1668)

    “A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects of nature, yet, by the moral quality radiating from his countenance, he may abolish all considerations of magnitude, and in his manners equal the majesty of the world.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The dyed-in-the-wool teacher takes everything seriously only with respect to his students—himself included.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)