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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 perseverance gone
There's nothing like going on with a thing. Anthony Trollope
fool men remains silent
A fool is like all other men as long as he remains silent Danish Proverb
fools mind people talk
Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they have a mind to do.
fools-and-foolishness four pride taxed taxes-and-taxation three twice
We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness. Benjamin Franklin
fool drink made
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. Charles Churchill
fool sophie busy
Busy old fool, unruly Sophie Diana Wynne Jones
fool mysterious strange
Life's mysterious, strange, and full of wonders - and only a fool withdraws from it willingly and lets it pass him by. Dean Koontz
fool favors fortune
Fortune, that favors fools. Ben Jonson
fools men wise
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it Oliver Wendell Holmes
fools silence surprised
Are we the fools for being surprised that a silence could end with no sound? Dar Williams
wisest-man foolish-man thought-provoking
Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. Bertrand Russell