#wise

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#counsel #easily #err #fool #foolish

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#always #better #chinese #chinese food #comes

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is the meaning of committees. But the real work must always be done by one or two men. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#believe #committees #done #get #lot

Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#attitude #being #know #looks #men

If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative. ↗

— Tim Vine

#into #narrative #one-liners #otherwise #overall

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise. ↗

— Voltaire

#just #man #only #sad #who

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others? ↗

— Voltaire

#experience #learn #others #wise

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. ↗

— Voltaire

#astronomy #daughter #daughters #dominated #earth

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#beware #finds #hard #himself #learn