Wise Quotes

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I remember a story of a girl in Paradise who ate an apple once. Some wise Sapient gave it to her. Because of it she… — Catherine Fisher
Wise people say it is folly to think anybody perfect; and as to likes and dislikes, we should be friendly to all, and worship none — Charlotte Bronte
Man is the one who desires, woman the one who is desired. This is woman's entire but decisive advantage. Through man's passions, nature has given… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Living is very serious, very real. It is also always a game. If we are wise, it is very real, very terrible, and very lovely,… — Eileen Wilks
These books have not made George nobler or better or more truly wise. It is just that he likes listening to their voices, the one… — Christopher Isherwood
Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and… — John Adams
Youâ€™re just the romantic age,â€ she continued- â€œfifty. Twenty-five is too worldly wise; thirty is apt to be pale from overwork; forty is the age… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I'm serious, Harry, don't go." But Harry only had one thought in his head, which was to get back in front of the mirror, and… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words. — Neil Gaiman
Whitestorm was experienced, wise and brave. When Firestar had been made deputy, he had shown not a scrap of resentment that a lesser cat might… — Erin Hunter
For other people, I can't speak - but, personally, I haven't gotten wise on anything. Certainly, I've been through this and that; and when it… — Christopher Isherwood
It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all… — Patrick Rothfuss
the shell must break before the bird can fly. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and… — Elisabeth Elliot
Everything is always a story, but the loveliest ones are those that get written and are not torn up and are taken to a friend… — Janet Frame
I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust: to love him that is… — William Shakespeare
I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he told me, 'is… — R. Scott Bakker
It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should… — A. J. Jacobs
A philosopher is a lover of wisdom, not of knowledge, which for all its great uses ultimately suffers from the crippling effect of ephemerality. All… — Shashi Tharoor

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