The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken. Great short quote and quotation by: Homer, The Odyssey , Greek epic poet (800 BC – 700 BC)
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The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct. Great short quote and quotation by: Cicero , Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC – 43 BC)
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The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric Hoffer , (1902 – 1983)
The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands. Great short quote and quotation by: Edmund Burke , Irish orator, philosopher, & politician (1729 – 1797)
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The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. Great short quote and quotation by: Publilius Syrus , (~100 BC)
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. Great short quote and quotation by: William Ralph Inge , English author & Anglican prelate (1860 – 1954)
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about others things. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people–that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. Great short quote and quotation by: James Thurber , […]
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The wisest men follow their own direction. Great short quote and quotation by: Euripides , Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC – 406 BC)
The wisest mind has something yet to learn. Great short quote and quotation by: George Santayana , US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 – 1952)
The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife. Great short quote and quotation by: Elbert Hubbard , US author (1856 – 1915)
The word “happiness” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Great short quote and quotation by: Carl Jung , Swiss psychologist (1875 – 1961)