“Who knows if the moon's a balloon, coming out of a keen city in the sky—filled with pretty people?”
Wisdom Quotes · Page 44
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“It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious.”
“Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.”
“Yet, as only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the night.”
“Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.”
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”
“Be not wise in thine own eyes, fear the Lord and shun evil.”
“Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.”
“Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.”
“A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.”
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
“Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.”
“It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.”
“The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.”
“All the world knows how to cry but not all the world knows how to sigh. Sighing is extra.”
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”
“I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe.”