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In the world we live in, one fool makes many fools, but one sage only a few sages.
Half my life is in book's written pages. Live and learn from fools and from sages.
Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.
For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.
The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
Sage, aren't you guys supposed to have uniforms? This looks like what you usually wear.
Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool.
Anybody who says that love is a hindrance on the path of self-realization is not a sage.
Who are you?" I asked. "You know who I am," he replied. "I'm yours." ~Clea / Sage, pg. 105
How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers without wrinkles.
Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous.
The first cause worked automatically like a somnambulist, and not reflectively like a sage.
Nice blouse, Sage,” Adrian told me, deadpan. “It really brings out the khaki in your pants.
None of great sages of China preached the precept of love as a guideline for human behavior.
The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich.
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts.
But each time you use spirit, you're more likely to go crazy.” “Already crazy about you, Sage.
Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
I don't consider myself any great sage of fashion or style, whatever people may want to think.
The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.
The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
You’re a terrible liar, Sage, but I’m still touched you’d attempt it for my sake. A for effort.
The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.
It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.
All my days have I grown up among the Sages and I have found naught better for a man than silence.
The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.
The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing one can do is to study the words of those who were.
Whatever statesman or sage will effect reforms upon a gigantic or godlike scale must begin with the young.
The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
Saints and sages are still alive. Great masters are still operating. It is up to you to find where they are.
The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.
When we think of the past, we forget the fools and remember the sage. We reverse the process for our own time.
..Sage is convinced one extraneous calorie will make her go from super skinny to just regular skinny. Tragedy.
It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le faut.]
The system of morality to be gathered from the ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel.
The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.
He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.
One cannot apologize for something fundamental, and a child feels and knows this as well and as deeply as any sage.
Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.
The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.
I promoted Hyderabad to the world by saying that there was privacy in India and their data will be sage. Data is wealth.
Ripen your mind to the glorious history of the ages and revel in your mastery as today's youth shall look upon you as a sage.
He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks. [Fr., Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit.]
Isn’t it obvious, Sage? No, of course it isn’t. I did it so I’d have a reason to be around you — one I knew you couldn’t refuse.
Alas! I have nor hope nor health, Nor peace within nor calm around, Nor that content surpassing wealth The sage in meditation found.