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wise mother jobs
My mother is very wise and intelligent. If I have children and can do half as good a job as she did in keeping me in line, I'll be very happy. Brandon Lee
wise wisdom circles
The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. C. S. Lewis
wise home men
There's a strange something, which without a brain Fools feel, and which e'en wise men can't explain, Planted in man, to bind him to that earth, In dearest ties, from whence he drew his birth. Charles Churchill
wise believe men
A wise man has told us that "men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe in and live in." Jane Addams
wise has-beens merry
I would much rather have been merry than wise. Jane Austen
wise fashion knowledge
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. Baltasar Gracian
wise wisdom character
The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.
wise skills luck
There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.
wise mistake men
Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.
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 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.
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.
wisdom answers knows
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it. Boethius
wisdom distance home
The distance between glorified spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not far from home-a moment will bring us there. Charles Spurgeon
virtue foolish theory
Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. Romain Rolland
virtue circumstances prudence
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. John Milton
virtue nobility
As you come to seek and see the virtues and strengths and nobilities of others, you begin to seek and see them in yourself also. Gary Zukav
virtue immortality ifs
There is no virtue if there is no immortality. Fyodor Dostoevsky
virtue stills
I have the virtue of being still amongst the living. Some would say that is my only virtue. George R. R. Martin
virtue measure-for-measure
As Angelo discovered in Measure for Measure, nothing corrupts like virtue. Germaine Greer
virtue testimony clear
What you receive from others is a testimony to their virtue; but all that you do for others is the sign and clear indication of your own. Giordano Bruno
virtue premeditation
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much. Georg C. Lichtenberg
virtue economics budgets
Balancing your budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn when to say no. Ronald Reagan