Wise People Quotes

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
Buddha

Life, Death, Wise

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
Victor Hugo

Life, Wise, Books

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.
Morihei Ueshiba

Teacher, Wise, Everything

You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous.
Robin Williams

Forget, Working, Keep

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
Elizabeth Gaskell

Wisdom, Wise, Sometimes

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
John Selden

Wise, Nothing, Times

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
Aristophanes

Life, Wise, Same

I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it.
George Grosz

Great, War, Wise

Hollywood is great for entertaining people, it's a wonderful business but it's make-believe, you must remember that. That's one of the most important things to remember and the distinction in your own life, otherwise people get lost in their own fame, and it makes them unhappy.
Dolph Lundgren

Life, Great, Business

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