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Wise Quotes (page 25)

J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "The wise speak only of what they know"
The wise speak only of what they know J. R. R. Tolkien
There was a man so wise, He jumped into. A sandy place. And burnt out both his eyes! And when he knew his eyes were gone, He offered no complaint. He summoned up a vision. And made himself a saint. -Children's Verse from History of Muad'dib Frank Herbert
... the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that seed growing. It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise. Orson Scott Card
Brown Penny I WHISPERED, 'I am too young,'And then, 'I am old enough'; Wherefore I threw a penny. To find out if I might love.'Go and love, go and love, young man, If the lady be young and fair.'Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, I am looped in the loops of her hair. O love is the crooked thing, There is nobody wise enough. To find out all that is in it, For he would be thinking of love. Till the stars had run away. And the shadows eaten the moon. Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, One... William Butler Yeats
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "Everything in life that’s any fun, as somebody wisely..."
Everything in life that’s any fun, as somebody wisely observed, is either immoral, illegal or fattening. P. G. Wodehouse
The will of God is sweet tonight, altogether ‘good and acceptable and perfect.’ The considerate love of the Lord Jesus for us seems such a kind thing now. I know it has always been so, but somehow I didn’t see how wise it was when it didn’t seem kind… Remind me of this when I cannot regard His love as considerate some time. Jim Elliot
Thomas Gray quote: "[...] where ignorance is bliss,'Tis folly to be wise."
[...] where ignorance is bliss,'Tis folly to be wise. Thomas Gray
J. K. Rowling quote: "What you fear most of all is - fear. Very wise..."
What you fear most of all is - fear. Very wise... J. K. Rowling
Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money is so evil, shouldn't it be, 'A wise man and his money are soon parted'? And another thing, how does a fool get money in the first place? I know some fools who have a lot of money, but they won't tell me how they got it, and I won't tell them. George Burns
Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. Herman Hesse
Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action. Ramakrishna
Paradox is beloved of novelists. The despised savior, the humane whore, the selfish man suddenly munificent, the wise fool, and the cowardly hero. Most writers spend their lives writing about unexpected malice in the supposedly virtuous, and unexpected virtue in the supposedly sinful. Thomas Keneally
We might be fifty, we might be five, So snug, so compact, so wise are we! Under the kitchen-table leg. My knee is pressing against his knee. Katherine Mansfield
Confucius quote: "When the wise man points at the Moon, the idiot looks at the..."
When the wise man points at the Moon, the idiot looks at the finger. Confucius
But the truth is, O men of Athens, that God only is wise; and by his answer he intends to show that the wisdom of men is worth little or nothing; he is not speaking of Socrates, he is only using my name by way of illustration, as if he said, He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing. Plato

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