I have a passion for big cats, I like big snakes. There is something about snakes that is so wise, they have… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
Thus, statesmanlike, I'll saucily impose, And safe from action, valiantly advise; Sheltered in impotence, urge you to blows, And being good for… — John Wilmot Copy Share Image
Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
Out of all those centuries the Greeks can count seven sages at the most, and if anyone looks at them more closely… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them,… — Robert South Copy Share Image
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and… — John Balguy Copy Share Image
Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can… — David Hume Copy Share Image
For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It was a wise and useful provision of the ancients to transmit their thoughts to posterity by recording them in treatises, so… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
If you agree with me that a poem can be as bountiful as a rich Victorian narrative, and as wise... then you'll… — Albert Goldbarth Copy Share Image
Career wise, I think the dream for many of us is some kind of late night type of show. Something where you're… — Michelle Beadle Copy Share Image
The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Acting-wise, I've had all these experiences. Yet when I look at certain people whose careers I admire, they've gotten to play so… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
Pilgrims are persons in motion passing through territories not their own, seeking something we might call completion, or perhaps the word clarity… — H. Richard Niebuhr Copy Share Image
When any prevailing prejudice is attacked, the wise will consider, and leave the narrow-minded to rail with thoughtless vehemence at innovation. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Therefore it is most expedient for the wise, if Don Worm (his conscience) find no impediment to the contrary, to be the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
All parents hope and pray that their children will make wise decisions. Children who are obedient and responsible bring to their parents… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Question (from a reader) : Will the Wise Goddess Athena overthrow Zeus and become the ruler of Olympus? Athena's answer : What… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast. — John Green Copy Share Image
Cast me into a dungeon, burn me at the stake, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The mind should be accustomed to make wise reflections, and draw curious conclusions as it goes along; the habitude of which made… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With… — John Gay Copy Share Image
Seeing God hath thus set us at liberty, what rashness it is for worms of the earth to make new laws; as… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Forgiving someone for hurting you does not mean you are weak. It means you wise enough to move on and not put… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life's passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every arrival implies… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
A wise man will always be a Christian, because the perfection of wisdom is to know where lies tranquillity of mind and… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Living is very serious, very real. It is also always a game. If we are wise, it is very real, very terrible,… — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out… — Akhenaton Copy Share Image
I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and… — George Grosz Copy Share Image
If You Are Angry with your Loveable Friend, Just Put aside you Egos. Just Hug Each Other and Say: I Need You… — Rock4u Copy Share Image
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have… — Plato Copy Share Image
Planning is like taking on blinders. I think it is a wise thing to be open to whatever shows up on your… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could… — Laozi Copy Share Image
