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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.
fool aspiration
It is only the fools who keep straining at high C all their lives. Charles Dudley Warner
fool guides
He who is his own guide is guided by a fool. Charles Spurgeon
fool cry-the-beloved-country quiet
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools. Alan Paton
fool
And thus love makes fools of us all. Chris Cleave
foolproof low risk
We know we'll never have 100% foolproof security, but we can keep the risk at acceptably low levels. Jerry Heinl
fool sooner-or-later
Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody. Dick Armey
foolish young impress
Power always impresses the young and foolish. Darren Shan
fool peculiar bad-mood
That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true. David D. Burns
fool
Wishers were ever fools. William Shakespeare
misery miserable
Misery is wasted on the miserable. Louis C. K.
misery miserable-people miserable
We can never flee the misery that is within us. Arthur Golden
misery distraction console
Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries. Blaise Pascal
misery
You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented. Brooke Shields
misery pain talk
I thought well, why not? At least we'll have someone to talk to if we have pain or misery or whatever. Someone that you're comfortable with makes a lot of difference.
misery interrupted
Cormac interrupted. 'Maybe I oughta shoot you both, put you both out of your misery. Carrie Vaughn
misery memoir written
I could have written a misery memoir and instead I tried to make it funny. I never complained. Caitlin Moran
misery resentment vengeance
Indulgence in resentment and vengeance will only further increase miseries to oneself and others in this life and in lives to come. Dalai Lama
misery extremes invites
extreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery. Dodie Smith