A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is so wonderful to our neurologists that a man can see without his eyes, that it does not occur to them… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep.… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever. — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Let none count themselves wise who have not with the nerves of their imagination felt the pain of the vivisected. — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
Even the mind depends so much on temperament and the disposition of one's bodily organs that, if it is possible to find… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The mark of a wise person isn't never making mistakes - everyone makes plenty of them. Rather, it's the ability to quickly… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
When the Wise man points at the moon... the idiot looks at the finger... — Avinash Wandre Copy Share Image
Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
A pipe is the fountain of contemplation, the source of pleasure, the companion of the wise; and the man who smokes, thinks… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies. — George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Copy Share Image
When a child first catches adults out -- when it first walks into his grave little head that adults do not always… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Everything that goes around comes around, they say, and although I've never been able to figure out who the mysteriously wise sages… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Releasing someone doesnt mean that youre an idiot. But it means that you are wise enough to know that this person is… — J Czhang Copy Share Image
I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life. — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
Being wise is not about how fast you can find a solution but how patiently you react to the problem itself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere. — Magha Copy Share Image
