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It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.
Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
Any one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it.
Wise parents know that fighting a teenager, like fighting a riptide, is inviting doom.
Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.
He who has no mind to trade with the Devil should be so wise as to keep from his shop.
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
Do not rebuke mockers, or they will hate you; rebuke the wise, and they will love you.
There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
I don't celebrate birthdays much, except for decade-wise. It's not a really big thing.
A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.
The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained.
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
If happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.
Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.
Mark what unvary'd laws preserve each state, Laws wise as Nature, and as fixed as Fate.
Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies.
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.
When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.
Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.
Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.
It is not wise for Chinese to do things to artificially disrupt relations with the U.S.
Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.
Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.
If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place.
This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple & wise; this is the angelic life.
As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well.
Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
Fools take criticism and dish it back. The wise take it and turn it to their advantage.
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.
Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates.
Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
Lend, by your imperfections, self-esteem to others, and you will be invited everywhere.
I think you have to be wise and know your limitations and know how to work within them.
Who is Silvia What is she, That all our swains commend her Holy, fair, and wise is she.
It's not wise to limit firms' expansion projects. Let us only be limited by the market.
Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
The truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinions of any man.
The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life.