Quotes with penny-wise

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  • Baltasar Gracian Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Theodor Reik Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men.
    Theodor Reik
    Austrian-American psychoanalyst (1888 - 1969)
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  • Harry Anderson Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.
    Harry Anderson
    American actor, screenwriter, director and magician. (1952 - )
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  • Lydia M. Child Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.
    Lydia M. Child
    American Abolitionist, Writer, Editor (1802 - 1880)
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  • Samuel Johnson Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Plautus Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Alphonse De Lamartine Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
    Alphonse De Lamartine
    French poet, statesman and historian (1790 - 1869)
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  • Allan Bloom Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.
    Allan Bloom
    American writer (1930 - 1992)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.
    Animal Dreams
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Buddha Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • H.G. Wells Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.
    H.G. Wells
    British-born American author (1866 - 1946)
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  • Lao-Tzu For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • Aeschylus For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Matthew Prior From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise.
    Matthew Prior
    British diplomat, poet (1664 - 1721)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Bill Hybels God is no more intimidated by childish demands for instant gratification than are wise parents.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Anita Wise Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. It's like having a little pet for your face.
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  • Voltaire He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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