Wilbur Wright Quotes
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
Wilbur Wright
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The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.
Orison Swett Marden
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Samuel Johnson
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More often than not, real life is so rich, complex and unpredictable that it would seem completely implausible in the pages of a novel.
Candice Millard
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Incidentally, the next time some war-mongering wise-ass tries to tell you that one reason we're in the middle east is to enhance the civil rights and social equality of women, remind them that we very enthusiastically destroyed the most secular country over there, where women could dress as they liked, have good jobs, be literate, and vote.
L. Neil Smith
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When I was one-and-twentyI heard a wise man say,'Give crowns and pounds and guineasBut not your heart away.'
A. E. Housman
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Hold back your mind from pride, for pride comes only from ignorance. The man who does not know thinks that he is great, that he has done this or that great thing; the wise man knows that only God is great, that all good work is done by God alone.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Cabbage, n. A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
Ambrose Bierce
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It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don't know about you, but I make plenty. You can't turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.
Mel Gibson
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Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.
Epictetus
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Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions; you want your stream of thought uninterrupted.
Vikas Swarup
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A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
Saadi
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Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
Wilbur Wright
