... you must hasten to oppose pernicious pride of mind, before it penetrates into the marrow of your bones. Resist it, curb… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
As the art of reading (after a certain stage in one's education) isthe art of skipping, so the art of being wise… — William James Copy Share Image
If you are a sparrow, don't attack the eagle; be wise! If you are an eagle, don't attack the sparrow; be just! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
A wise quote may not be famous and a famous quote may not be wise! Stick to the wise as the other… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Ask Anthony Hopkins how he makes his characters come to life and he just shrugs. I don't know. If I knew, I… — Larry Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Knowing the truth about the hell-realms that animals have to endure, it would be wise of us to do our best now… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished,… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
We cannot be wise while in the grip of a deep fear. ... This is why demagogues, when seeking our support, will… — Philip Gulley Copy Share Image
Lucky are you, reader, if you happen not to be of that sex to whom it is forbidden all good things; to… — Marie de Gournay Copy Share Image
The most realistic distinction between the investor and the speculator is found in their attitude toward stock-market movements. The speculator's primary interest… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys? — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I think 'one man, one vote,' just unrestricted democracy, would not be wise. There needs to be some kind of protection for… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur — Publilius Syrus Copy Share Image
there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
We think it would be wise in you to try to git [sic] influence by offering to print a paper in favor… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don't let me, she hoped concretely, don't let me know too surely what… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
For it is true now, as it always was and always will be, that to be free is the same thing as… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
When I was young, I asked my priest how to get to heaven and still protect yourself from all the evil in… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
