Wise Quotes

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Knowledge is a burden if it robs you of innocence. Knowledge is a burden if it is not integrated into life. Knowledge is a burden… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
In the story of Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized that he was a Swan. Each of us… — Benjamin Hoff
She was not too young to be wise, but she was too young to know that wisdom shouldn't be spoken aloud when you are happy. — Graham Greene
Even the hard times are part of your life story. If you acknowledge them and move past them, they eventually add up to the experience… — Miley Cyrus
Gundar seemed to come to a decision. "Well, as my old mam used to say, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a… — John Flanagan
Aren't you frightened?" Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup would, or to explain that we can't presume… — Nicholas Sparks
One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful,… — Miguel de Cervantes
A wise man can be a fool in love. — Chetan Bhagat
Your deepest, darkest sins and your shameful secrets are simply irrelevant when it comes to the counterintuitive, ecstatic announcement of the gospel. So are your… — Rob Bell
Wise is the one who learns from anotherÂ´s mistakes. Less wise is the one who learns only from his own mistakes. The fool keeps making… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are… — Oscar Wilde
It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise. — George R. R. Martin
Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow. Well, perhaps you are right. Perhaps the wise spurn one to remain safe from the… — Anne Fortier
Profound hearts, wise minds, take life as God makes it; it is a long trial, and unintelligible preparation for the unknown destiny. — Victor Hugo
Right before the game, she strolled up to me. "Hey, Seaweed Brain." "Will you stop calling me that?" She knows I hate that name, mostly… — Rick Riordan
They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down . . . — Terry Pratchett
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or… — Epictetus
The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out. — Wilkie Collins
But will he come I just want to know what you think the odds are. Tell me what you really think." "I think Tibby was… — Ann Brashares
Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom) — Edith Hamilton

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