Wise Quotes

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Brown Penny I WHISPERED, 'I am too young,' And then, 'I am old enough'; Wherefore I threw a penny To find out if I might… — William Butler Yeats
I am twenty years old. To a world-wise adult, I am little more than a child. To any child, however, I am old enough to… — Dean Koontz
Will picked a single blossom from a gorse bush beside him; it shone bright yellow on his grubby hand. "People are very complicated," he said… — Susan Cooper
When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger. — Confucius
I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow. — A. J. Jacobs
Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my… — Witold Gombrowicz
I am enormously wise and abysmally ignorant — William Saroyan
To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window. — Albert Einstein
He came to a decision and looked at Dagon before climbing into the car. "Find the Disir." Dagon stiffened, showing a rare sign of emotion.… — Michael Scott
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Let it come in. We… — Mitch Albom
the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that… — Orson Scott Card
You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise. — Michael Ende
Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every… — Jeremiah Burroughs
Is not the gospel its own sign and wonder? Is not this a miracle of miracles, that 'God so loved the world that He gave… — Charles Spurgeon
Clevinger was a troublemaker and a wise guy. Lieutenant Scheisskopf knew that Clevinger might cause even more trouble if he wasn't watched. Yesterday it was… — Joseph Heller
Jimmy Lee Baylis was a wise man, and knew better than to talk back to the man who signed his paycheck. — Carl Hiaasen
No longer mourn for me when I am dead than you shall hear the surly sullen bell give warning to the world that I am… — William Shakespeare
Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy. — William Golding
You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so. — Doris Lessing
If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to… — Rudyard Kipling

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