Evan Esar Quotes
It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses -- if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others.
Evan Esar
Quotes to Explore
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
Omar N. Bradley
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The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble... We want to buy them when they're on the operating table. 'Homespun Wisdom from the 'Oracle of Omaha'' Businessweek (5 July 1999)
Warren Buffett
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Silence is a fence around wisdom.
Maimonides
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With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow; And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd - 'I came like Water, and like Wind I go'.
Omar Khayyam
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...Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of art: if thou love, exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety therein!
Aleister Crowley
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I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.
Cherie Lunghi
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Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.
Elizabeth George
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Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.
James Newman
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I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.
Buddha
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
Pietro Aretino
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We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely.
Frank Abagnale
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There is no greater privilege in living than bringing a tiny new human being into the world and then trying to raise him or her properly during the next eighteen years. Doing that job right requires all the intelligence, wisdom, and determination you will be able to muster from day to day.
James Dobson
