The Wise Quotes

The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.

Let us be poised, wise and our own today.

If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more.

We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers.

Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.

The unstable estimates of men crowd to him whose mind is filled with a truth, as the heaped waves of the Atlantic follow the moon.

We are all wise for other people, none for himself.

For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape.

Who shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had?

Five minutes of today are worth as much to me, as five minutes in the next millennium. Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.

I am enormously wise and abysmally ignorant.

When there is sympathy, there needs but one wise man in a company and all are wise,--so, a blockhead makes a blockhead of his companion. Wonderful power to benumb possesses this brother.

They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father.

Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.

Fools are wise until they speak.

A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.

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

Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gain;In some wise may come ending to my pain;It may be yet the Gods will have me glad!Yet, Love, I would that thee and pain I had!

Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.

Music will always be a part of my life, but career-wise, acting is where my heart is.

When I'm running, I'm looking for contact. It's kind of weird. It brings a fire to me. When I get older I'll probably get wise and not do that.

Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.

Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards.

At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.

A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.

No man is so wise that he cannot benefit by talking things out with others.

Someday you will know that the heart is not always as wise as it is strong. - Uncle Eddie

It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.

Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few giants or dwarfs.

One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about a hazardous business.

Knock upon yourself as upon a door, and when the door opens an answer can be found.

It won't be that simple though, will it?' She sounded wise beyond her years. 'Things are going to get worse before they get better, aren't they?

Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

But work a year and sleep an hour, and sleep a night and sing a day, And take a little wine and love, and when you feel religious—pray.

Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. You're wise if you don't stick your finger in the light plug. Love - you'll stick your finger in anything.

The wise man thinks once before he speaks twice.

You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom.

In the end the reason for anything is inseparable from the reason for everything.

There was never a wise saying that couldn't be made wiser by adding the words, "and vice-versa.

Being loved by all is little fun Unless you're also loved by one.

Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both.

One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'.

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

Lasting harmony with a woman (was) an undertaking in which I twice failed rather disgracefully.

Solvitur ambulando . . . it is solved by walking.

But for the wise, it says in the Bible: when a wise man hears wisdom, he reacts. When a fool hears it, his acts are folly. If you wanna be a fool, help yourself, it's not my problem.

My policy is trust, peace, and to put aside the bayonet. I do not think the wise policy is to decide contested elections in the States by the use of the national army.

And I thought I had problems? Look at your face!

I'm sorry, I'm a little busy. Can i ignore you later?