Wisdom Sayings

231 sayings found from the Modern era from 231 authors

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

— Robert Frost 1939
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I was educated by the fairies.

— William Butler Yeats 1909
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I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.

— Pablo Neruda 1924
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The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

— Rabindranath Tagore 1916
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The world is like a mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

— Chinua Achebe 1964
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Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1973
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I stand for the heart, though I stand alone.

— Herman Melville 1851
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Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.

— Mary Shelley 1818
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I am a journalist, not a prophet.

— H.G. Wells Early 20th Century
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We are of the opinion that it is not well to make too much noise in the world.

— Jules Verne 1865
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I am the most interesting person I know.

— Sylvia Plath 1956
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No matter what you do it's bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might as well go mad.

— Jack Kerouac 1958
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To be good, you've got to be a little crazy.

— Allen Ginsberg 1980s
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Language is a virus from outer space.

— William S. Burroughs 1962
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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

— Hunter S. Thompson 1971
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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

— Kurt Vonnegut 1961
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I like to read my own works, and I often praise them, though I know they are not worth a damn.

— Alexander Pushkin 1824
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I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

— Lord Byron 1812
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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

— Zora Neale Hurston 1937
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I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace.

— Federico Garcia Lorca 1936
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