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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 lying stupid
Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise? 'T is but to know how little can be known; To see all others' faults, and feel our own. Alexander Pope
wise father son
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.
wise brave profanity
To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
wise night evil
What so pure, which envious tongues will spare? Some wicked wits have libell'd all the fair, With matchless impudence they style a wife, The dear-bought curse, and lawful plague of life; A bosom serpent, a domestic evil, A night invasion, and a mid-day devil; Let not the wise these sland'rous words regard, But curse the bones of ev'ry living bard.
wise wisdom littles
What is it to be wise? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others' faults, and feel our own.
wise giving deny
Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.
nature names world
The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World Henry David Thoreau
nature children men
In society, in the best institutions of men, it is easy to detect a certain precocity. When we should still be growing children, we are already little men. Give me a culture which imports much muck from the meadows, and deepens the soil,--not that which trusts to heating manures, and improved implements, and modes of culture only!
nature voice saddening
The voice of nature is always encouraging.
nature believe yield
I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.
nature science land
The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt
nature pieces slip tacky taken version
All those midriff-baring pieces have taken on a tacky nature. A slip is the new pristine version of sexiness. Susan Rolontz
nature men perfection
Nature attains perfection, but man never does. Eric Hoffer
nature boys equality
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. Eric Berne
nature royal instinct
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. Oliver Wendell Holmes