A Quote by J. R. R. Tolkien

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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J. R. R. Tolkien
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January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

J. R. R. Tolkien

To become wise you have to want to experience certain experiences, and so to run into their open jaws. This is very dangerous, tobe sure; many a "wise man" has been eaten up in doing so.

Friedrich Nietzsche

It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person' in a black and white way as many people do. A wise man may not understand it because, as a catalyst of wisdom, but not wise in his own eyes, even he can learn from and give back to fools. To think that an individual has absolutely nothing to offer to the table is counter-intuitively what the wise man considers to be 'the ignorance of hopelessness'.

Criss Jami

O' youth do not disobey the words of the wise. Its better than fortune if the wise-one gives you advice.

Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

Sophocles

I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.

Sophia Loren

A wise quote may not be famous and a famous quote may not be wise! Stick to the wise as the other one is just a bubble!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Bed and Breakfasts are really, really hard to run. You're the first one up and the last one to go to bed. You know, it really tested our strength. We became stronger from it - the whole experience from, you know, learning about it, sort of investing wise - money-wise, business-wise and then just pushing yourself. You know, it takes a lot of work to run a Bed and Breakfast. And then with a brand new baby, it triples.

Dean McDermott

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

Diogenes

There is a lot of territory out there still to explore TV-wise, show-wise, movie-wise, everything.

Randy Jackson

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

Diogenes

Be wise, because the world needs more wisdom. And if you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise, and then just behave like they would.

Neil Gaiman

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself]

Euripides

Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays to hear another's wisdom is a useless man.

Hesiod

I'm very positive - music-wise, production-wise and life-wise.

Martin Garrix

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