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wise strong humble
Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the pride of the humble, the prudence of the wise, and the sense of fools. To speak is to . . . dissipate one's strength; whereas what action demands is concentration. Silence is a necessary preliminary to the ordering of one's thoughts. Charles de Gaulle
wise wisdom thinking
Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can. Charles de Lint
wise laughter people
He was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset Charles Dickens
wise words-of-wisdom godmother
This reminds me, Godmother, to ask you a serious question. You are as wise as wise can be (having been brought up by the fairies), and you can tell me this: Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it?
wise men may
A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver. Charles Caleb Colton
wise money thinking
It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.
wise light fire
If martyrdom is now on the decline, it is not because martyrs are less zealous, but because martyr-mongers are more wise. The light of intellect has put out the fire of persecution, as other fires are observed to smoulder before the light of the same.
wise art moments
The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.
wise heart wine
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
way comedy desperate
In this desperate way, I started many a comedy. Charlie Chaplin
way opponents hardest
Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents
way too-much odd
There was too much going on here -- too much that strayed from odd all the way over into seriously weird.
way
Everything is the way it is because we've all agreed that's the way it is.
way sometimes bigger
It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.
way-in-life expectations romance
There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as if a thick curtain had fallen on all its interest and romance, to shut me out from anything save dull endurance any more. Never has that curtain dropped so heavy and blank, as when my way in life lay stretched out straight before me through the newly-entered road of apprenticeship to Joe.
way littles common
We went our several ways," said Lady Dedlock, "and had little in common even before we agreed to differ. It is to be regretted, I suppose, but it could not be helped.
way liberation discovering
Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is. Alan Watts
way reverse
You see, there's the way things seemed and then there's the way things were and one is so often the total reverse of the other. Alan Moore
eras idiot blind
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind. William Shakespeare
eras sound film
The big studio era is from the coming of sound until 1950, until I came in I came in at a crux in film, which was the end of the studio era and the rise of filmmaking. Charlton Heston
eras stuck get-away
I am stuck in the 70's. I can't seem to get away from that era. Carnie Wilson
eras conception
Nothing so dates an era as its conception of the future. Brian Eno
eras borders ends
The stage has been reached where our armed forces should withdraw beyond the borders It's not the end. It's the start of a new era. Abdullah Ocalan
eras virtue old-fashioned
In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular. B. Carroll Reece
erase helped last loss memory ready team win
The only way to erase that memory is to win the tournament. If we lose, it will be just as devastating as last year. But I think that last year's loss has helped this team get ready for this tournament.
erase facts judicial people system testament
It is a testament to the American judicial system and the American people that 25 years have not been able to erase or soften the facts of the case,
erased gets victor
I give up two and Victor gets us back. That was huge. It was like he erased what I did and we were back to 0-0. Cliff Lee