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Wise Quotes (page 17)

None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty. Henry David Thoreau
Maya Angelou quote: "There is a true yearning to respond to the singing river and..."
There is a true yearning to respond to the singing river and wise rock. Maya Angelou
When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath. Confucius
Benjamin Hoff quote: "The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not."
The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not. Benjamin Hoff
Lao Tzu quote: "The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not..."
The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling. Lao Tzu
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. Joseph Addison
Hickory dickory dock my daddy’s nuts from shell shock. Humpty dumpty thought he was wise till gas came along and burned out his eyes. A dillar a dollar a ten o clock scholar blow off his legs and then watch him holler. Rockaby baby in the tree top don’t stop a bomb or you’ll probably flop. Now I lay me down to sleep my bombproof cellars good and deep but if I’m killed before I wake remember god its for your sake amen. Dalton Trumbo
For, contrary to the common opinion, it is the wealthy who are greedy of wealth; while the populace are to be gained by talking to them about liberty, their unknown god. And so much are they enchanted by the words liberty, freedom, and such like, that the wise can go to the poor, rob them of what little they have, dismiss them with a hearty kick, and win their hearts and their votes for ever, if only they will assure them that the treatment which they have received is called liberty. Arthur Machen
The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with his private vision the deeds and thoughts of men. The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small yes at the center of a vast no. Gore Vidal
Facts are ventriloquist’s dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism. Aldous Huxley
Oscar Wilde quote: "It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It..."
It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors. Oscar Wilde
Richard Wagner quote: "Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/..."
Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know... Richard Wagner
Bob Dylan quote: "You can never be wise and be in love at the same time."
You can never be wise and be in love at the same time. Bob Dylan
Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible... Napoleon Bonaparte
A wise man once said: "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?" Pointless, really. Now, do the stars gaze back? That is a question. Neil Gaiman

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