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wise men may
Charles Caleb Colton A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver.
wise money thinking
Charles Caleb Colton It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.
wise art moments
Charles Caleb Colton The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.
wise foolish gravity
Charles Caleb Colton Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.
wise men thinking
Charles Caleb Colton He that thinks he is the happiest man, really is so. But he that thinks he is the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
wise men littles
Charles Caleb Colton We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and administer the strongest dose only to the weakest patient.
wise men darkness
Charles Caleb Colton As a man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are, so the sceptic, in a vain attempt to be wise beyond what is permitted to man, plunges into a darkness more deplorable, and a blindness more incurable than that of the common herd, whom he despises, and would fain instruct.
wise men mediocrity
Charles Caleb Colton There are circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger, where a mediocrity of talent is the most fatal quantum that a man can possibly possess. Had Charles the First and Louis the Sixteenth been more wise or more weak, more firm or more yielding, in either case they had both of them saved their heads.
sight sea rolling
Charles Dickens When we came within sight of the sea, the waves on the horizon, caught at intervals above the rolling abyss, were like glimpses of another shore with towers and buildings.
sight blue sky
Alan Jackson Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke rising against that blue sky? Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor, or did you just sit down and cry?
sight focus vision
Aiden Wilson Tozer Faith is a re-directing of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus.
sight goal optimism
Denis Waitley Optimism boosts your energy and focuses your sights on reaching your goals, rather than wallowing in your setbacks.
sight cities serious-things
Charlotte Bronte The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is getting its living - the West-End but enjoying its pleasure.
sight world language
Charles de Lint Even, she thought, even without the gift of witchsight, there was more beauty to be found in the world than could ever be snared in language or music. And with the sight...
sight shy monkeys
Charles Lamb We are ashamed at the sight of a monkey--somehow as we are shy of poor relations.
sight might monsters
Charles Baudelaire Oh, Creator! Can monsters exist in the sight of him who alone knows how they were invented, how they invented themselves, and how they might not have invented themselves?
sight president next
Bill Maher It was quite a sight to see Obama next to President Hu. Obama has a Nobel Peace Prize in his basement, and Hu has a Nobel Peace Prize winner in his.
giving credit world
Charles Caleb Colton Instead of exhibiting talent in the hope that the world would forgive their eccentricities, they have exhibited only their eccentricities, in the hope that the world would give them credit for talent.
giving heaven littles
Charles Spurgeon There is nothing little in God; His mercy is like Himself-it is infinite. You cannot measure it. His mercy is so great that it forgives great sins to great sinners, after great lengths of time, and then gives great favours and great privileges, and raises us up to great enjoyments in the great heaven of the great God.
giving christ repentance
Charles Spurgeon Repentance will not make you see Christ; but to see Christ will give you repentance.
giving way stewardship
Charles Spurgeon Even if I give the whole of my worth to Him, He will find a way to give back to me much more than I gave.
giving people church
Charles Spurgeon If you have to give a carnival to get people to come to church, then you will have to keep giving carnivals to keep them coming back.
giving way
Charles Spurgeon God has a way of giving by the cartloads to those who give away by shovelfuls.
giving-up giving heaven
Charles Spurgeon You must either give up your sins or give up all hope of heaven.
giving heaven spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon If when I get to heaven the Lord shall say to me, Spurgeon, I want you to preach for all eternity, I would reply, Lord, give me a Bible, that is all I need.
giving soul satisfaction
Charles Spurgeon My soul has learned yet more fully than ever, this day, that there is no satisfaction to be found in earthly things-God alone can give rest to my spirit.