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Being Wise Quotes (page 2)

This world . . . belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak. We must face up to this. No more than right that it should be this way. We must learn to accept it as a law of the natural world. The rabbits accept their role in the ritual and recognize the wolf is the strong. In defense, the rabbit becomes sly and frightened and elusive and he digs holes and hides when the wolf is about. And he endures, he... Ken Kesey
George R. R. Martin quote: "it is one thing to be clever and another to be wise."
it is one thing to be clever and another to be wise. George R. R. Martin
One that is ever kind said yesterday:'Your well-beloved's hair has threads of grey, And little shadows come about her eyes; Time can but make it easier to be wise. Though now it seems impossible, and so. All that you need is patience.'Heart cries, 'No, I have not a crumb of comfort, not a grain. Time can but make her beauty over again: Because of that great nobleness of hers. The fire that stirs about her, when she stirs, Burns but more clearly. O she had not these ways. When all the wild... William Butler Yeats
As a vessel is known by its sound whether it be cracked or not, so men are proved by their speeches whether they be wise or foolish. Demosthenes
Graham Greene quote: "She was not too young to be wise, but she was too young to..."
She was not too young to be wise, but she was too young to know that wisdom shouldn't be spoken aloud when you are happy. Graham Greene
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be..."
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. Michel de Montaigne
But when mother died, Caroline was twelve, and in that queer time between childhood and nubile girlhood, when some girls seem to be wise without experience, and perhaps more clear-headed then they will be again until after their menopause. Robertson Davies
Neil Gaiman quote: "Vengeance can be a road that has no ending. You would be wise..."
Vengeance can be a road that has no ending. You would be wise to avoid it. Neil Gaiman
And it's finally only in the woods you get that nostalgia for "cities" at last, you dream of long gray journeys to cities where soft evenings'll unfold like Paris but never seeing how sickening it will be because of the primordial innocence of health and stillnes in the wilds- So I tell myself "Be Wise. Jack Kerouac
Michel de Montaigne quote: "We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we..."
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. Michel de Montaigne
As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish. Demosthenes
Horace quote: "Begin, be bold and venture to be wise."
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise. Horace
In our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might say, well does that mean that you should never have a lost person as your friend? No, I wouldn't say that. But you can't have the same intimacy with a lost person that you can with a godly person in whom the Holy Spirit is living. Charles Stanley
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
David Herbert Lawrence quote: "It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a..."
It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral. David Herbert Lawrence

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