There is no happiness where there is no wisdom No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
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Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
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From ignorance our comfort flows, The only wretched are the wise.
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Where ignorance is bliss 'Tis folly to be wise.
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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother.
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So. The time has come for me to get my kite flying, stretch out in the sun, kick off my shoes, and speak my piece. 'The days of struggle are over,' I should be able to say. 'I can look back now and tell myself I don't have a single regret.' But I do. Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. 'Harpo, my boy,' he said, 'I'm going to give you three pieces of advice, three things you should always remember.' My heart jumped and I glowed with expectation. I was going to hear the magic password to a rich, full life from the master himself. 'Yes, sir' I said. And he told me the three things. I regret that I've forgotten what they were.
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Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists, when you can ignore them like wise men
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Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.
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Who knows why we live, and struggle, and die.. Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
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How do you know so much about everything was asked of a very wise and intelligent man and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.
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Histories make men wise poets, witty the mathematics, subtle natural philosophy, deep moral, grave logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming..
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The wise man will love all others will desire.
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A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 't is a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill of conversation lies; That shows or makes you both polite and wise.
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How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of goodwill! In such a place even I would be an ardent patriot.
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It is important to live each day with a positive perspective. It is not wise to pretend problems do not exist, but it is wise to look beyond the problem to the possibilities that are in it. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, 'He's so big, we can never kill him.' But David looked at the same giant and thought, 'He's so big, I can't miss him.'
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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.
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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
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Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
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At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty five I was wise, self confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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