Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.
In fact, if that convenient vehicle had existed in the days of the Seven Sages, one of them would doubtless have remarked, that you can know little of women by following them about in their pony-phaetons.
But many other sages have told us that sometimes you need to slow down so that you can find peace and see clearly what you truely want in the first place.
I visited the neighboring villages, and added greatly to my stock of knowledge, by noting their habits and customs, and conversing with their sages and great men.
Across the world, numerous sages in ancient times had emphasized that morality values way much more than merits.
A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear him;he was more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages.
But great drinkers are more famous than sober sages.
Chen Zi'ang The ancient sages are long gone, The future sages yet to come.
But many other sages have told us that sometimes you need to slow down so that you can find peace and see clearly what you truely want in the first place.
Across the world, numerous sages in ancient times had emphasized that morality values way much more than merits.
Because of his achievements, he has been honored as one of China's sages of calligraphy.
" Zi Xia said, "When I immerged myself in reading books, I revered() the principles of the emperors and sages of the past.
Not by bread alone, but by the lyrics of poets, the wisdom of sages, the holiness of saints, the biographies of great souls.
These drought-resistant sages have smaller flowers with wide lower lips, which make it easy for bees to land.
if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
Sober men of olden days and sages are forgotten, And only the great drinkers are famous for all time.
A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear him;he was more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages.
Patience and time sit like sages on the planets, strong and impersonal.
Its golden domes glittered in the moonlight, and the mermaids sang of the man who lived there, whom kings and sages visited, the master sage of noble blood - Tycho Brahe.
At the time of Moses and the prophets, such a man would have been placed among the sages of the land; in the middle ages they would have burnt him at the stake.