#wise

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If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.


Albrecht Durer


#avoided #devotes #evil #happens #himself

Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.


Harry Anderson


#fool #keep #knows #stars #touch

My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.


Carl Andre


#desire #never #otherwise #springs #things

I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.


Fiona Apple


#bars #eat #french #french fries #fries

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


Aristophanes


#laws #lead #life #people #same

He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.


Roger Ascham


#any #aristotle #common #common people #counsel

People were very affected by the war. But it didn't mean you stopped painting unless you were called into the Army; then you just couldn't paint. But otherwise one continued.


Lee Krasner


#army #called #continued #into #just

We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq... Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid will have died in vain.


Marek Belka


#international #iraq #madrid #otherwise #our

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.


Alain de Botton


#fortune #greater #look #may #otherwise