#wise

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#brave man #down #future #him #history

For some reason I only crave fruit when I'm in a tropical place - if it's really hot in the summer or if I go to a tropical island for work. But otherwise I really don't crave it. ↗

— Carmen Electra

#fruit #go #hot #i #island

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise. ↗

— George Eliot

#him #make #man #mostly #sure

But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all. ↗

— Black Elk

#am #beautiful #because #did #die

The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag. ↗

— Robert Englund

#gag #horror #lets #modern #our

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism. ↗

— John Bolton

#antithetical #call #career #fundamentally #help

You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything. ↗

— Benjamin Jowett

#anything #coming #feel #got #minded

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life. ↗

— Epicurus

#justly #life #live #living #pleasant

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. ↗

— Epicurus

#fool #misfortune #prosperity #than #wise

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. ↗

— Epicurus

#directed #greatest #highest #his #interests