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It is certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught as men take diseases, one of another.
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'.
A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.
You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so.
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith.
If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.
Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.
Death is a new office building filled with modern furniture, A wise thing, but which has no purpose for us.
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
The worst thing you can do is animate something, and then throw it out because it doesn't work, story wise.
There is dignity in suffering; nobility in pain; but failure is a salted wound, that burns and burns again!
May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.
Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
Skepticism . . . is not intellectual only it is moral also, a chronic atrophy and disease of the whole soul.
The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail
They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination.
I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.
With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.
The man who broods over the past can never master the difficulties of today. Every wise man learn to forget.
That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.
Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.
What's your status?" she asked him. "Healthy, wealthy, and wise. What's yours?" "Ha. Mean, crafty, and rude.
The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.
Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men
Since we are already Buddhas, happy and suffering Buddhas, wise and confused Buddhas, we are already Buddha.
Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.
I call wise man who, while he is innocent , endures insults and blows with a patience equal to its strength.
We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links us.
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
Tonglen dissolves your solid sense of "I'm the wise person, I'm going to help this poor, unfortunate loser."
A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.
I'm going forward with my plans for life. I'm looking at things not only basketball-wise, but personal-wise.
Tony Curtis was a joy to work with. He had a curious innocence that is very young and wise at the same time.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
[The seers call him wise] whose every attempt is free, without any desire for gain, without any selfishness.
Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?
To be wise means to be a teacher, means to be a soul winner. That's our business - That's our only business!
Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.
History never recorded this phrase: 'The Mass of Wise.' Because the wise is not too abundant to form masses!
To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.
Such a man, truly wise, creams off Nature leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up.
It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few.
To be wise doesn't always mean to have a wrinkled face and sparkly eyes. To be wise means to be still inside.
Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak.
The stupid don't even understand something that happened long ago, the wise understand it before it develops.