How do you write? You write, man, you write, that’s how…If you practice an art faithfully it will make you wise, and most writers can use a little wising up.
It's a shame you left without a word, you know. She was just beginning to trust you before that. Before you got angry. Before you ran off. Just like every other man in her life. Lusting after her, full of sweet words, then just walking away. Leaving ...
A questioning man is already half wise.
Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money is so evil, shouldn't it be, 'A wise man and his money are soon parted'? And another thing, how does a fool get money in the f...
A wise man once told me- he’s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than he does a fanatic of his own religion. He has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded Christian or a Buddhist or Hindu than he does with a fanat...
I narrowed my eyes. Jean stayed awfully well informed about prete politics, and often told me things the Elders hadn't yet learned. I suspected this might be one of those things. "How do you know all this?" He shrugged. "A wise man watches as if her ...
No man is wise enough by himself.
He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Proverbs 13:20
Foolish boys, wise men.
For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.
It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures.
No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
A wise man's question contains half the answer.
A wise man’s questions contain half the answer.
Wise men are never in a hurry.
Wise men philosophize as the fools live on.
Wise men learn at another's expense.
In the case of any person whose judgment is really deserving of confidence, how has it become so? Because he has kept his mind open to criticism of his opinions and conduct. Because it has been his practice to listen to all that could be said against...
Fools are more useful to the wise than wise are to fools.
