It is the path of least resistance that makes rivers and men crooked. — B. J. Palmer Copy Share Image
We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day's teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh. — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
It is said that only a fool learns from his own mistakes, a wise man from the mistakes of others. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If people are trying to pull you down… Be proud about it , because it only confirms that you are above them. — Babloo Copy Share Image
“For it is written that "if the wise man appears always stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The big banks advise cities about whether privatization is a wise choice. They also control the ability of states and cities to… — Bethany McLean Copy Share Image
Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
One who is wise and disciplined, always kind and intelligent, humble and free from pride. One like this will be praised. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If writers were too wise, perhaps no books would get written at all. It might be better to ask yourself 'Why?”'afterwards than… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Fear holds dominion over mortality Only because, seeing in land and sky So much the cause whereof no wise they know, Men… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
A manure containing several ingredients acts in this wise: The effect of all of them in the soil accommodates itself to that… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
“The magi, as you know, were wise men — wonderfully wise men — who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger.… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Be cold, sober, wise, circumspect. Keep yourself low by the ground avoiding high questions. Expound the Law truly and open the veil… — William Tyndale Copy Share Image
In Britain, there's kids who grew up in London and then kids who didn't. You become quite street wise. It's such a… — Ben Lloyd-Hughes Copy Share Image
What is commonly honored with the name of Friendship is no very profound or powerful instinct. Men do not, after all, love… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
For such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
License they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that, must first be wise and good. — John Milton Copy Share Image
If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A wise man who has the moment in his hand should not let that moment slip. — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While getting and giving create so many problems, forgetting and forgiving solves them all. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
Intellectual is a parrot; wise man is a crow. One is repetitive; other is creative! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise — which showed how young she was. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I loved football. I'm so glad I played. But I didn't think it was wise for me to play longer. — Chris Borland Copy Share Image
