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wise art stars
[Wise men] have tried to understand our state of being, by grasping at its stars, or its arts, or its economics. But, if there is an underlying oneness of all things, it does not matter where we begin, whether with stars, or laws of supply and demand, or frogs, or Napoleon Bonaparte. One measures a circle, beginning anywhere. Charles Fort
wise vegas guy
When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great. Don Rickles
wise war preparation
It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war. Clara Barton
wise kings character
Tis from high Life high Characters are drawn; A Saint in Crape is twice a Saint in Lawn: A Judge is just, a Chanc'llor juster still; A Gownman learn'd; a Bishop what you will; Wise if a minister; but if a King, More wise, more learn'd, more just, more ev'rything. Alexander Pope
wise honesty women
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
wise wisdom whole
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
wise men suffering
We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it. Alex Haley
wise time simple
He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same words: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is. Albert Schweitzer
wise shoes feet
For me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet. Debby Ryan
wisdom true-life life-is
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full. Thomas Merton
wisdom prayer inspired
The only thing to seek in contemplative prayer is God; and we seek Him successfully when we realize that we cannot find Him unless He shows Himself to us, and yet at the same time that He would not have inspired us to seek Him unless we had already found Him.
wisdom perfect matter
Wisdom, properly so called, is nothing else but this: the perfect knowledge of the truth in all matters whatsoever. Thomas Hobbes
wisdom people dignity
Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger. Thomas Friedman
wisdom time power
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. Thomas J. Watson
wisdom
I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did. Thomas Keneally
wisdom children memories
I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers.
wisdom culture study
Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune. Raymond Queneau
wisdom men effort
The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired flash of a man of genius... Victor Hugo
ignorance twenties finals
Each such answer to the great question, invariably asserted by the followers of its propounder, if not by himself, to be complete and final, remains in high authority and esteem, it may be for one century, or it may be for twenty: but, as invariably, Time proves each reply to have been a mere approximation to the truth tolerable chiefly on account of the ignorance of those by whom it was accepted, and wholly intolerable when tested by the larger knowledge of their successors. Thomas Huxley
ignorance eye light
Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where once was darkness, ignorance and superstition. There is no personal salvation, except through science. Luther Burbank
ignorance doe hook
Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness. Sidney Hook
ignorance painful greater
But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance. Sheryl Sandberg
ignorance emotional hands
Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand. Neil Peart
ignorance made
She feared the unknown as we all do, and her ignorance made the unknown infinitely vast. Joseph Conrad
ignorance past destiny
One ship is very much like another and the sea is always the same. In the immutability of their surroundings the foreign shores, the foreign faces, the changing immensity of life, glide past, veiled not by a sense of mystery but by a slightly disdainful ignorance; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as Destiny.
ignorance dawn awareness
It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness dawns. Joshua Ferris
ignorance people bliss
People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening. Laurell K. Hamilton