#wise

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

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Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#difference #great #great ideas #had #huge

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

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Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through. ↗

— Lesley Gore

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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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