Wise Men Say by drunkonwriting5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() She liked books ‘that made you a little nervous.’ Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub were the three wise men of our family bookshelf.” ― Michael Easton “My mom didn’t write, but she loved to read. ![]() Steady now! This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of.” ― Anne Morrow Lindbergh Baby-carriage, parasol, kitchen chair, still under control. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head. “What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. “For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles.” ― Origen Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.” ― Pindar “Great deeds give a choice of many tales. ![]() ![]() “Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.” ― Robert South “A wise man never dwells in the past because he knows he belongs to the future.” ― Debasish Mridha “Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?” ― Muhammad Iqbal “Wise men argue causes fools decide them.” Anacharsis ![]()
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