Quotes with penny-wise

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  • Daniel Defoe It is never too late to be wise.
    Robinson Crusoe (1719)
    Daniel Defoe
    English writer (1660 - 1731)
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  • William Hazlitt It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • George F. Will It is said that God gave us memory so we could have roses in winter. But it is also true that without memory we could not have self in any season. The more memories you have, the more you have. That is why, as Swift said, ''No wise man ever wished to be younger.''
    George F. Will
    American columnist (1941 - )
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  • Ramakrishna It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.
    Ramakrishna
    Hindu mystic and religious leader (1836 - 1886)
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  • Brigham Young It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller It is wise to disclose what cannot be concealed.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Bernard Paine It must recognize and hold up before men the moral character of this corruption of the ballot. Bribery is a sin. It is condemned in the laws of Moses: And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. These words are as true to-day as when they were written.
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  • Norman Douglas It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
    Norman Douglas
    British Author (1868 - 1952)
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  • Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz It's easier to be original and foolish than original and wise.
    Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz
    German mathematician, philosopher, physicist and diplomat (1646 - 1716)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • T. S. Eliot It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Brady Anderson It's so funny that people specify that year because in a way it was the biggest battle for me health wise.
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  • Sam Levenson It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
    Sam Levenson
    American author (1911 - 1980)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Bruce Lee Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water, and when you're tired, go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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  • Solomon Ibn Gabirol Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
    Solomon Ibn Gabirol
    Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher (1021 - 1058)
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  • William Penn Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • Warren Bennis Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.
    Warren Bennis
    American scholar, organizational consultant and author (1925 - 2014)
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