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He had all but succeeded in putting down his own love and hers by a little gentle ridicule, and by a few half-wise phrases which she at the moment had been unable to answer; but she now had in truth vanquished him by the absolute sincerity of her love.

Ayala's Angel 2004

He had all but succeeded in putting down his own love and hers by a little gentle ridicule, and by a few half-wise phrases which she at the moment had been unable to answer; but she now had in truth vanquished him by the absolute sincerity of her love.

Ayala's Angel 1993

These were shortenings of Banazîr and Ranugad, originally nicknames, meaning ‘half-wise, simple’ and ‘stay-at-home’, but being words that had fallen out of colloquial use they remained as traditional names in certain families.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

Read the message of The Kybalion -- and follow the example of "the wise" -- avoiding the mistake of "the half-wise" who perish by reason of their folly.

The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece Three Initiates

How different this from the shocking half-truth so vociferously announced by certain of the half-wise, who fill the air with their raucous cries of: "I am God!"

The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece Three Initiates

But do not yield to the temptation which, as The Kybalion states, overcomes the half-wise and which causes them to be hypnotized by the apparent unreality of things, the consequence being that they wander about like dream-people dwelling in a world of dreams, ignoring the practical work and life of man, the end being that "they are broken against the rocks and torn asunder by the elements, by reason of their folly."

The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece Three Initiates

One strong means of delusion is the half-true, half-wise, half-spiritual thing, so much harder to kill than the lie direct.

William Shakespeare John Masefield 1922

If they had only known it, the children in their best clothes standing up very stiff and straight did not look half as pretty as the baskets of kittens with eyes half-innocent, half-wise, or the funny little pups, so round and fat.

The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

It is only your half-fools and your half-wise who are really and truly dangerous.

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Kuno Francke 1892

It is the half-wise, and the half-foolish, who are the most dangerous.

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Kuno Francke 1892