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wisdom understanding intuition
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition. Baruch Spinoza
wisdom blessed power
Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred. Arthur Koestler
wisdom power men
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand
wisdom men lips
Tell no man anything, for no man listens Yet hold thy lips ready to speak. Carl Sandburg
wisdom giving forever
Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it. C. S. Lewis
wisdom grief yawning
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing.
wisdom science discovery
Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need. Charles Kettering
wisdom forever waiting
Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot. Baltasar Gracian
wisdom believe heart
What most people find important, you do not. This is Wisdom. To what you believe is important, you are ready to give your mind, heart, and soul. This is Grace. Dean Koontz
tongue should right-words
We Irish had the right word on the tip of our tongue, but the imperialist got at that. What should trip off it we trip over. Brigid Brophy
tongue way obscure
Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand. E. B. White
tongue asparagus rich
Let there be seasons so that our tongues will be rich in asparagus and limes. Anne Sexton
tongue explanation clear
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, But love unexplained is clearer. Rumi
tongue reputation praise
It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you. Matthew Hale
tongue conversation get-real
I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well. Jennifer Weiner
tongue pathos wit
Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
tongue teeth littles
I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth. Jonathan Swift
tongue prison fame
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode. Ralph Waldo Emerson
faces nicer places private public wiser
Private faces in public places / Are wiser and nicer / Than public faces in private places. H. Auden
faces guarantee people playing tv
Some people may not know us. But I guarantee you that in clubhouses around the league, they know who we are. We don't have to see our faces on TV every night. As long as we're playing in October.
faces gone guys lives lost risk smile time
You see firemen, you see cops, and these guys risk their lives everyday. They do this all the time . . . to be able to see a smile on some of these people's faces -- they've gone through so much, they've lost so many of their friends. Billy Joel
faces attraction
The face, not the woman is the attraction. Juvenal
faces vapid sometimes
There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion. Benjamin Disraeli
faces front hungry sitting
The faces sitting in front of you are hungry faces,
faces capitalism
The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism. Edward Heath
faces
We've got a lot of new faces there.
faces portraiture profile
A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face. Aldous Huxley