Intricate phrases. Philosophical phrases. Interesting phrases

How often does a person say something truly?smart and valuable? Certainly much less than any silly phrases. But, as the Bible tells us, the Word was first. It allows us to maximize our thoughts and bring it to others.

Beautiful phrases that carry a deep meaning,As a rule, appear in the head of smart and great people. They are taken to quote and call aphorisms. Let's get acquainted with a selection of the best quotes on a variety of topics.

Popular wisdom of Europe

We do not always know the author of anyaphorism. They can be "natives of the people." So, a simple peasant somehow expressed a thought in conversation - and here is a ready quote, already going to the people. Abstruse phrases in such a set of words were not included. People preferred something simple and concise that could be quickly picked up as a weighty argument or reinforcement of their opinion.

So proverbs and sayings appeared in the world. They are an important part of folklore. In them, in fact, the whole mentality of the people-author is visible. There are Russian phrases that have sunk into the soul and are very often repeated in the daily lexicon.

The European tradition of proverbs and sayings is verysimilar to ours in meaning and content. How can this be explained? Of course, our extremely connected historical past and a common monotheistic religion. If you wish, you can easily find analogues of Russian morality within the folklore of other European nations.

Russian variant	European equivalent
Without effort, you can not catch fish from the pond.	Patience brings roses (German proverb).
Hunger is not an aunt.	Need law writes (French proverb).
A friend in need is a friend indeed.	Find a friend - how to find a treasure (Italian proverb).
Who that hurts - that is what he says.	Who has a sin in his heart - he is more about him and screams (Spanish proverb).
True mercy is not looking.	Clean hands do not need to (English proverb).

As can be seen from the comparative table, the meaning of the listed smart phrases is the same, despite the fact that they are present in the lexical usage of the peoples of different countries.

Popular wisdom of other countries

When faced with the cultural heritage of immigrantsfrom other continents, there is an equally huge source of wisdom. These abstruse phrases carry a lot of information, convey the meaning of life of these people, their history and allow us to better understand their mentality.

For example, people in Europe and Russia are well awarethat a real man is not crying. A true husband cannot express his emotions in public, especially such as grief and disappointment. And in and of itself you should not "dismiss the nurses," you just have to take and do business. However, the Indians from North America look at us with a grin because of this:

• "A strong man is crying, a weak one is not."
• "The weak are afraid of their feelings."
• "The soul does not have a rainbow, if there are no tears in the eyes."

So this is the people who always lived amongwilderness and did not know enlightenment, treated the manifestations of emotions - as a natural need of any creature. Maybe you should listen to these wise phrases expressed by representatives of the indigenous people of America?

Using the example of the deep thoughts of the Chinese, one can understand how differently we see, know and feel the world. Often philosophical phrases the people of the Middle Kingdom are so different from what we are accustomed to thinking of as wisdom, that you wonder - how can you feel the same land in different ways?

This is how the Chinese speak of the significance of man, his “I”, which, according to the philosophy of Tao, does not exist at all:

• "There is you - nothing has increased, no you - nothing has departed."

For Europeans and Russians, this sounds not only incomprehensible, but sad and depressing.

Also of great importance to residentsCelestial has a search for peace. For them, he is a hidden goal to which man must strive in order to become one with nature. That is why the interesting phrases of this country are closely related to the description of trees and flowers. They often use the mention of spring.

Chinese people attach great importance to harmony and unity. The whole world, in their view, is only an echo of the river Tao, which flows in some other dimension.

They are sure that at the end of the journey they are all the same, no matter who they were in this life. This is evidenced by many of their sayings.

Quotes about power

Since primitive existence, manwants to be above the rest, eager to stand at the head of the tribe. He wants to command, manage, because he is sure that he knows everything better than anyone. Power is a terrible power, and not everyone deserves it. However, the desire to achieve high status is one of those qualities that made people change our entire world.

Particularly revered power in antiquity, mainly in ancient Rome, where civil activity was put above all. Interesting phrases we could hear from the people of that time:

• “I'd rather be the first in this village than the second in Rome” (Guy Julius Caesar, while staying for the night in a small village).
• “To rule is to fulfill duties” (Seneca).
• “Before you begin to command, learn to obey” (Solon of Athens).

In the future, the thirst for power never let gohumanity from its tenacious embrace. It becomes the object of statements of many famous philosophers, politicians, writers and public figures. Each of them (as well as any other person, isn't it?) Was worried about the issues of power. Perhaps, due to their wisdom, they found answers to some of them, from which we can also learn by looking at their clever phrases:

• “Violence, if it allows itself to slow down, becomes power” (Elias Canetti).
• “The minister should not complain about newspapers or even read them - he should write them” (Charles de Gaulle).
• “Power is given only to those who dare to bend down and take it” (Fyodor Dostoevsky).

Many later, after the Middle Ages, saw inthe root of all misfortunes - both in the need to obey and in the desire to command. Philosophers and writers agreed that all people are equal, and the very concept of the world order, where one person can order another, is contrary to our high nature.

Alas! Humanity is still stuck at the level at which power is the most important engine of human emotion. People can not imagine how you can not obey.

Quotes about war

However, one must also fight for power. After all, other people very, very much want to take it away. When two endless desires of power collide, war begins.

Mankind has succeeded in waging wars, and abstrusephrases about them flow like water. That is what people do most often. They learn to fight from an early age, and therefore war has a lot of space in their minds. Some praise her, others give advice on how to avoid military conflicts, still others ironically.

Despite the fact that war cripples billionslives, destroys thousands of countries, wipes out millions of cities and cultures, it always has a place in someone's head. And the longer mankind exists, the more it realizes how much destructive energy war generates. More and more we are trying to get rid of it. To declare war on war.

People used to talk about how great it is -fight. How much of this manifests true courage, valor, courage and patriotism. Now we are nearing the fact that people are aware - killing another person will never bring anything good.

• "War ... War never changes" (Fallout, video game).
• “Generals are a striking case of developmental delay.” Who among us at the age of five didn’t dream of being a general? ”(Peter Ustinov).
• “I don’t know a single nation that would be enriched by the victory in the war” (Voltaire).
• “If we want to use the world, we have to fight” (Cicero).

Friendship Quotes

Since ancient times, friendship is the disposal ofloneliness, salvation and support. And betrayal is the worst sin in the opinion of most nations of the world. Take at least Dante - did not the traitors suffer in his worst, ninth round of Hell?

Honoring friendship found an important reflection in eachculture of the world. Many felt they should notice its importance. Phrases with meaning, telling about the power of friendly relations, are very often found in the sayings of great philosophers and writers of different times. Among them are such great names as Socrates, Aristotle, Johann Schiller, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain. All of them skillfully emphasize the quality of friendships.

• “Friendship is not such a pathetic light to die out in separation” (Johann Schiller).

Authors skilfully convey that power in a few words.friendship that can not be broken. They speak the truth, wonderfully conveying in a few words the importance of true companionship.

Quotes about love

Love always had power over people. And sometimes she captured stronger friendships, forcing her to step over principles. A man has a hard time without her. This feeling visited millions of people. The wiser they were, the more it consumed them. Poets and musicians, writers and playwrights - many wrote only about her, about love. Zuma phrases her not to face, it is only sincerity and honesty.

At the same time, it became a topic forspeculation, material for excellent handling. Thousands of monotonous works impose an image of false, not sensual, “obligatory” love in the life of everyone. But what does the real look like? Clever phrases about this left us great people:

• “To resist love is to supply it with a new weapon” (George Sand).

Quotes about freedom

Man’s desire to be free is manifested withdifferent strength in different eras. No matter how often people now forget about it, the desire to break free from someone's control and authority lives in every person. And this is despite so many factors: war makes him a slave, friendship with someone bad takes away all forces, and false love forever deprives sleep and requires submission.

And just getting rid of all these misfortunes,can be free. And it is precisely to such freedom that people always aspire, it is for it that they are ready to die. Philosophical phrases of great people make you wonder: how free are we?

This supreme struggle - for their will - is directed asonce for the first, bestial and gregarious line - the desire for power. And when every person, even the smallest, kills the king inside himself, and when everyone starts to “squeeze the slave drop by drop,” then we can talk about the free world. A world where everyone has the right to make mistakes. Where one person cannot kill another, not because he will be punished for it, but because he does not give himself the right to do so.

• “The people who have become accustomed to living under the rule of the sovereign and who, thanks to the occasion, have become free, hardly save their freedom” (Niccolò Machiavelli)
• “Having sacrificed freedom for security deserves neither freedom nor security” (Benjamin Franklin).
• “Only having lost everything to the end, we gain freedom” (Chuck Palahniuk).

Quotes about the meaning of life

Every person from time to time is interested in: “In the name of what do we exist and came to this world?” Phrases about the meaning of life probably have more mysteries than answers. One can argue with them and not share the opinions of their authors. And this is correct, since for each person the answer to this question is individual. And on what it will be, its future, goals and desires depend.

However, this does not hurt to listen to more intelligent people. Expressions and phrases of those who are looking for the meaning of life can help us and guide us in the right direction.

• “The meaning of life is to achieve perfection and tell others about it” (Richard Bach).

Funny Quotes

And what does a person have to do when he renounced the thirst for power and war, got his true friends, knew true love, gained freedom and found the meaning of life? Of course, one thing is to laugh with happiness.

Despite all the clever phrases human life is above all incredibleis ridiculous. In all its tragedy, sorrow, need, it continues to remain ridiculous. And only the wisest, most subtle people understood this with all their soul. For example, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was able to laugh at his own grief: “How so! So much is terrible and bad in our life, and it is declared that it is ridiculous! ”Similarly, he, who fed the whole family with the writer's daily labor in his youth, dying from consumption, buried his brothers, never tried the taste of grief to taste ... the thing is that the stronger a person is, the more he is able to sneer at his troubles.

Both great and wise people understood this. None of those whose beautiful phrases are presented above, never missed the opportunity to joke. Laughter - the main proof of the living soul of man. Here are some of their famous ironic sayings:

• “I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to make it wrong” (Benjamin Franklin).
• “Murderers and architects always return to the crime scene” (Peter Ustinov).

Conclusion

Phrases with meaning that is deeply hidden in them,never lose their relevance. Such are themselves - aphorisms, an important part of human culture. After all, how much mind you need to fit your strong message in one or two sentences! Already this possession of rhetoric and eloquence of a person can be called wise.

It's such a big job - well-tailoredphrase. The examples clearly show that people always, at all times, were worried about the same thing. Human nature is unchanged and, apparently, will be such for a long time. Therefore, quotes, aphorisms and proverbs will remain an inexhaustible source of the main treasure - mind and wisdom.