#is

A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#marilyn-monroe #wise

Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#poetry #wise

Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#old-wives-tales #wise

I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#interview #job #judgement #observation #paris-review

Oh, sure. Let me just ask my geek brother to stop slaying zombie ninjas for a few hours so I can borrow the PC and catch up on my Victorian horror lit. ↗

— Kelly Creagh

#nevermore #zombies

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise! ↗

— Alexander Pope

#doubt #how #prone #wise

And then something invisible snapped insider her, and that which had come together commenced to fall apart. ↗

— John Green

#wise #wise

Laughter is poison to fear. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#catelyn-stark #fear #george-r-r-martin #happiness #laughter

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#philosophy #wisdom #wise

Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures. It is time that we do not have enough of; it is time that causes the war within our hearts, and so we must spend it wisely. ↗

— Cecelia Ahern

#wise