If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Copy Share Image
A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I think it's different in fashion, because even if I would be an outsider, I would still be in the middle of… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either. — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
The right of education of the female sex, as it is in a manner everywhere neglected, so it ought to be generally… — Hannah Woolley Copy Share Image
I never was attached to that great sect, Whose doctrine is that each one should select Out of the crowd a mistress… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“In all tests of character, when two viewpoints are pitted against one another, in the final analysis the thing that will strike… — MIke Dooley Copy Share Image
...a carefree letting go of oneself, not a caution, but a wise blindness. — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Dans ses écrits, un sage Italien Dit que le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (In his writings, a wise Italian says that… — Angel Marie Copy Share Image
I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not… — William Blake Copy Share Image
I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Halt," said the elegant diplomat, "when you asked me to marry you, did you think we could just sneak off to a… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
You will deal with ignorant, opinionated and innocent people. You will often have an opportunity to cheat them. If they could, they… — Alexander Turney Stewart Copy Share Image
Now that we are, as you say, 'in the same boat,' would it not be wise for us to have another conference… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets. — Saadi Copy Share Image
These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
He was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It takes pride to be anxious – I am not wise enough to know how my life should go. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
