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Wise Quotes by Aldous Huxley
- Facts are ventriloquist’s dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk…
- I have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.
- At ten, a child; at twenty, wild; at thirty, tame, if ever; at forty, wise; at fifty, rich; at sixty, good or never
- Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk…
More Wise Quotes
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
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- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. — Arthur Ashe
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of… — Saint Augustine
- It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. — Marcus Aurelius
- To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. — Marcus Aurelius
- It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. — Roger Babson