{"quotes":[{"text":"The most holy cannibalism you can perform is to eat the flesh and blood of sagacity, and by sharing it with other wisdom thirsty cannibals.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["blood","cannibalism","canny","clever","cleverness","flesh","knowledge","learning","man-eater","michael-bassey-johnson","prudence","sagacity","sage","sensibility","shrewd","wisdom"],"id":30789,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["clever","gentle","gentleness","guru","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","matshona-dhliwayo","obstacles","overcome","overcomer","overcoming-obstacles","overcoming","sage","shrewd","water","water","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":36098,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["be-smart","bird","clever","cleverness","feathers","hunter","intelligence","life-lesson","life-lessons","life","life","life-and-sayings","nature","nature","shrewd","shrewdness","success","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":41644,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["brave","conquer","conqueror","coward","defeat","enemy","enemy","enlightened","enlightenment","fight","guru","intelligence","intelligence","might","motivation","motivational","motivational","motivational-of-the-day","motivational","motivational-for-women","opponents","rival","sage","shrewd","strength","strength","strong","success","success","transcendence","victory","warrior","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":45900,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"In the long run most short cuts are flawed - especially on journeys to 'so-called' success.","author":"Rasheed Ogunlaru","tags":["authenticity","being-a-champion","cheating","ease","effort","flawed","hard-work","honesty","lazy","long-run","marathon","patience","perseverance","persistence","personal-development","on-business","on-sport","on-success","rasheed-ogunlaru","rasheed-ogunlaru","self-improvement","short-cuts","shrewd","smart","sprints","success","success-techniques","training"],"id":48712,"author_id":"Rasheed+Ogunlaru"},{"text":"A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["art-of-living","enemies","enemies","enemy","enemy","enmity","fool","foolish","friend","friends","friends","friendship","friendship","guru","life-lesson","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","matshona-dhliwayo","sage","shrewd","shrewdness","student","teach","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":125298,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Intelligence and wisdom are certainly compatible, however they are rarely seen in each other’s company.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["acumen","company","compatibility","compatible","discernment","insight","insightful","intelligence","knowledge","responsible","shrewd","wisdom","wise"],"id":149618,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"We could never agree about Boogie and I didn't share Miriam's reverence for professors. In fact, just in case I haven't mentioned it before, the pride of my office wall is my framed high-school graduation certificate, lit from above. Miriam has reproached me for it. 'Take it down, darling,' she once pleaded. But it still hangs there.","author":"Mordecai Richler","tags":["anti-snob-honesty","diploma","highschool","humbleness","humility","shrewd"],"id":156638,"author_id":"Mordecai+Richler"},{"text":"If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["attraction","bird","courtship","intelligence","life-lesson","life-lessons","life","relationship","shrewd","shrewdness","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":157386,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["empower-yourself","empower-yourself-today","empowering","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","matshona-dhliwayo","shrewd","shrewdness","stand-alone","stand-together","success","team","team-work","teamwork","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":161040,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":23,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}