Quotes with penny-wise

Quotes 401 till 409 of 409.

  • Edgar Allan Poe I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active -not more happy -nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
    Edgar Allan Poe
    American poet, writer and critic (1809 - 1849)
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  • Pablo Picasso It is personality with a penny's worth of talent. Error which chances to rise above the commonplace.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Bobby Scott Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have.
    Bobby Scott
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Andre Breton Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
    Andre Breton
    French writer (1896 - 1966)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Thomas Fuller The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Bhagavad Gita There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Thomas Fuller Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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