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Wise Quotes (page 37)

The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found. Epicurus
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely."
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Thomas S. Monson quote: "Time is a gift, a treasure not to be put aside for the future..."
Time is a gift, a treasure not to be put aside for the future but to be used wisely in the present. Thomas S. Monson
Sholom Aleichem quote: "Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy..."
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for therich, a tradegy for the poor. Sholom Aleichem
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one..."
SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies. Diana Wynne Jones
Cast me into a dungeon;, burn me at the state, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as my brain lives -- but neither gods nor saints, wise men nor subtle drugs, can insure that I will catch it. Robert A. Heinlein
Through neglect, ignorance, or inability, the new intellectual Borgias cram hairballs down our throats and refuse us the convulsion that could make us well. They have forgotten, if they ever knew, the ancient knowledge that only by being truly sick can one regain health. Even beasts know when it is good and proper to throw up. Teach me how to be sick then, in the right time and place, so that I may again walk in the fields and with the wise and smiling dogs know enough to chew sweet grass. Ray Bradbury
L. Ron Hubbard quote: "The wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the..."
The wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the fad of a cynical and apathetic age. L. Ron Hubbard
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
Heraclitus quote: "Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise."
Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise. Heraclitus
This is just shit. It's happening. No blame. Happening and on the rise it would appear. What can we do to delay it? Probably zilch. To stop it? Likely less. But to survive it? Now that sounds more promising. There is evidence of bad shit having been survived before. Ancient Advice Left in cave by Wise French Caveman: "When Bigbad Shit come, no run scream hide. Try paint picture of it on wall. Drum to it. Sing to it. Dance to it. This give you handle on it." So Twister is my try. Ken Kesey in... Ken Kesey
I think you are wise. You haven't got what it takes for this job. You are like Rosemary's father. He couldn't understand Lenin's dictum: 'Away with softness.'"I thought of Hercule Poirot's words."I'm content," I said, "to be human...."We sat there in silence, each of use convinced that the other's point of view was wrong. Agatha Christie
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool"
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool Lucius Annaeus Seneca
You have no sense of your true duty, which is to be a man and preserve humanity. You imitate wise men so badly and bandits so well. Your movies and radio programs are full of murder. Wilhelm Reich
If human life is in fact ordered by a beneficent being whose knowledge of our real needs and of the way in which they can be satisfied infinitely exceeds our own, we must expect a priori that his operations will often appear to us far from beneficent and far from wise, and that it will be our highest prudence to give him our confidence in spite of this. C. S. Lewis

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