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A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
James Thurber
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James Thurber
American
Author
Born:
Dec 8
,
1894
Died:
Nov 2
,
1961
Topics
Wise
,
Word
,
Sense
,
Make
,
Sufficient
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Plato
Wise
Speak
Men
Fools
Say
Something
Wise Men
Because
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare
Wise
Man
Wise Man
Fool
Himself
Knows
Thinks
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
George Bernard Shaw
Wisdom
Future
Wise
Responsibility
Made
Past
Our
Recollection
True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.
Ellen G. White
Love
True Love
Alone
Wise
Love Is
Strong
Passion
Calm
On The Contrary
Abide
Impetuous
Mere
True
Beyond
Attracted
Qualities
Looks
Devotion
Real
Discriminating
Contrary
Fiery
Deep
Element
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Bruce Lee
Wise
Man
Wise Man
Fool
More
Foolish
Learn
Answer
Question
Than
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Albert Einstein
God
Wise
Before
Foolish
Equally
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
Publilius Syrus
Wise
Man
Wise Man
Own
Others
Corrects
His
Errors
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Benjamin Franklin
Life
Wise
Too Late
Old
Too
Late
Soon
Tragedy
Get
A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.
Roy H. Williams
Wise
Man
Wise Man
Mistake
Intelligence
Smart
Finds
Never
Smart Man
Him
Altogether
Makes
Learns
How
Again
Avoid
Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.
Blaise Pascal
Truth
Faith
You
Wise
Will
Lose
Nothing
Hesitation
He
Come
Without
Wager
Proved
Proves
False
Exists
Cannot
Gain
Then
Gamble
Granted
Belief
Harm
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