Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.
A.J.P. TaylorTags: wisdom power war fight wise fighting powerful great-war great-power
Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.
Lin YutangTags: philosophy wise philosophy-of-life busy chinese-philosopher
You can lose a friend in springtime easier than any other season if you're too curious.
Frances Hodgson BurnettTags: friendship reality curiosity wise pessimistic
When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the Wise'.
Idries ShahTags: truth wise false ignorant
Surely this is what death would be like: nothingness, oblivion, as the world continued to turn, heedless of her absence.
Meredith DuranTags: truth death wise philosphical
I admit, that the brain does not govern the body as well as one might wish- else all men would be saints and hell would be empty of lechers.
Meredith DuranWise people are only wise because they have lived many lives before.
Lucian MorfaTags: wise lilly-flame
Bring the past, but only if you can build from it.
Dominico ScarlattiTags: inspirational wise
Some are born old maids, some achieve old maidenhood, and some have old maidenhood thrust upon them ," parodied Miss Lavendar whimsically.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: humor wise l-m-montgomery
The dark hills, with the darker spruces marching over them, looked grim on early falling nights, but Ingleside bloomed with firelight and laughter, though the winds come in from the Atlantic singing of mournful things.
"Why isn't the wind happy, Mummy?" asked Walter one night.
"Because it is remembering all the sorrow of the world since it began," answered Anne.
Tags: wise weather l-m-montgomery anne-of-ingleside
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