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  • It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes , Wise Quotes , Stupid Quotes
  • God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die out in the darkness of lust and error. For a wise man approaches with his torch to light up the path of mankind.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Khalil Gibran Quotes , Wise Quotes , Wisdom Quotes
  • The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Wise Quotes , Bird Quotes
  • The wise men of antiquity, when they wished to make the whole world peaceful and happy, first put their own States into proper order. Before putting their States into proper order, they regulated their own families. Before regulating their families, they regulated themselves. Before regulating themselves, they tried to be sincere in their thoughts. Before being sincere in their thoughts, they tried to see things exactly as they really were.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Confucius Quotes , Wise Quotes , Reality Quotes
  • Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Plato Quotes , Beautiful Quotes , Wise Quotes
  • When life has been well spent, age is a loss of what it can well spare,--muscular strength, organic instincts, gross bulk, and works that belong to these. But the central wisdom, which was old in infancy, is young in fourscore years, and dropping off obstructions, leaves in happy subjects the mind purified and wise.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Wise Quotes , Loss Quotes