Wise Quotes
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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Everything is important to me... Forgetting the small details is not wise when you care so much about your music and band. So, I try to put effort and focus into the artwork as well, so it best represents the music that I've put my heart and soul into.
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Happy is he that grows wise by other men's harms.
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I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well - obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.
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There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.
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He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
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He is good and wise who always speaks the truth, acts on the dictates of virtue, and tries to make others good and happy.
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Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.
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The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
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A prince, the moment he is crown'd,Inherits every virtue sound,As emblems of the sovereign power,Like other baubles in the Tower:Is generous, valiant, just, and wise,And so continues till he dies.
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I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.
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Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in the mean, and moderation is virtue. Every abiding place outside the bounds of moderation is only exile to the wise man.
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There's only one proper way a song should go, but you've got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise. Sometimes it's lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and robust banks and companies.
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Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows.
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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
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A wise man had said that your Christian life is like a three-legged stool. The legs are doctrine, experience and practice, which is obedience; and you, will not stay upright unless all three are there. In recent years many Christians have not kept these three together.
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'I suspect we would be wise,' he said without looking up, 'to avoid declaring what God will or will not allow.'
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Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not determine the quality of a child s education or success in the future workforce," said Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia. "With common standards and assessments, students, parents, and teachers will have a clear, consistent understanding of the skills necessary for students to succeed after high school and compete with peers across the state line and across the ocean.
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
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Grooming-wise, it is now a constant battle as I progressively turn into my father. I have to keep on top of ear and nose hair - things you never believe will happen to you. Suddenly I have a shaving brush in my ear and I don't know where it's come from, and the more hair I take the out, the more it surges back.
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Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
