Ivan Panin Quotes & Sayings

As you do not sweeten your mouth by saying honey, so you do not grow virtuous by merely talking of virtue. — Ivan Panin

Hast thou fallen? Do not groan and lament: rather be thankful for the opportunity given thee to rise once more. — Ivan Panin

Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know. — Ivan Panin

How adversity doth ope the eye! A moon can be seen by day as well as by night; but, to see the stars, you must be in darkness. — Ivan Panin

The wealthy seldom possess wealth: oftener they are possessed by it. — Ivan Panin

To go through life without love is to travel through the world in a carriage with closed windows. — Ivan Panin

Men's eyes are in their heads; women's, in their hearts. — Ivan Panin

For misdirected love, the attainment of its object is, indeed, the best cure; but it cures as the guillotine cures headache. — Ivan Panin

What we know is to what we do not know, as a grain of sand is to the beach. — Ivan Panin

The best life is that which makes the best of life. — Ivan Panin

Though my sight be lost, I do not yet lose my faith: when I can no longer see, I can still believe. — Ivan Panin

It may be true that love is blind, but only for what is ugly: its sight is keen enough for what is beautiful. — Ivan Panin

It is not the roaring thunder that smites, but the silent lightning. — Ivan Panin

From the moment we expect gratitude, we forfeit it. — Ivan Panin

However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies. — Ivan Panin

Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge. — Ivan Panin

Whether I shall be unfortunate depends also on others; whether I shall be unhappy depends only on myself. — Ivan Panin

Foe every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.For every love there is a heart somewhere to recieve it. — Ivan Panin

The best way to deceive a knave is to tell him the truth. — Ivan Panin

Experience, if we only learn by it, is cheap at any price. — Ivan Panin

As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife. — Ivan Panin

The danger from lightning is gone when the thunder is heard, and the worst is over when misfortune has arrived. — Ivan Panin

Of the future, man knows least; yet, about this, he worries most. — Ivan Panin

As the paper though it entereth the press white, yet when it cometh forth black is eagerly sought to be perused; so do thou let thy life, though darkened by adversity, be made all the more useful to thy fellows. — Ivan Panin

As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength. — Ivan Panin

Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds. — Ivan Panin

The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head. — Ivan Panin

Men are willing to admit that they are sinners, but not that they are sinning. — Ivan Panin

If silence is good for the wise, how much better is it for the foolish! — Ivan Panin

Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail what it received by the pint. — Ivan Panin

Solve the problem of life? Live, and you solve it. — Ivan Panin

The best excuse is to have none. — Ivan Panin

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie. — Ivan Panin

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue. — Ivan Panin

Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion. — Ivan Panin