Desert Quote by Ameen Rihani

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head,…

— Anonymous

I fancy the character of a poet is in every country the same,--fond of enjoying the present, careless of the future; his conversation that…

— Oliver Goldsmith

A fool is wiser in his own house than a sage is in another man's house.

— William Graham Sumner

Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In the world we live in, one fool makes many fools, but one sage only a few sages.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and…

— William Wordsworth

No man should call himself clever. A sage visitor is a silent guest.

— Ritu Ghatourey

The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it.

— Laozi

“Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool. But you yourself may prove to show it, Every fool is not…

— Alexander Pope

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

— Publilius Syrus

“A sage is a former fool who has become tired of himself. A foolish sage is one who forgets this. Remember, or come full…

— Vera Nazarian

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.

— Bob Dylan