Quotes about wise
wise lying pride
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. Alexander Pope
wise lying stupid
Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise? 'T is but to know how little can be known; To see all others' faults, and feel our own.
wise father son
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.
wise brave profanity
To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
wise night evil
What so pure, which envious tongues will spare? Some wicked wits have libell'd all the fair, With matchless impudence they style a wife, The dear-bought curse, and lawful plague of life; A bosom serpent, a domestic evil, A night invasion, and a mid-day devil; Let not the wise these sland'rous words regard, But curse the bones of ev'ry living bard.
wise wisdom littles
What is it to be wise? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others' faults, and feel our own.
wise giving deny
Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.
wise kings character
Tis from high Life high Characters are drawn; A Saint in Crape is twice a Saint in Lawn: A Judge is just, a Chanc'llor juster still; A Gownman learn'd; a Bishop what you will; Wise if a minister; but if a King, More wise, more learn'd, more just, more ev'rything.
wise honesty women
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
wise wisdom whole
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
wise men suffering
We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it. Alex Haley
wise time simple
He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same words: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is. Albert Schweitzer
wise shoes feet
For me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet. Debby Ryan
wise drinking dying
A wise person once wrote, “Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping the other person would die.” But the only one dying is ourselves. Debbie Ford
wise stupid brutal
The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid. Douglas Preston
wise differences speech
It's a wise person who knows the difference between free speech and cheap talk. Doug Larson
wise cheating eye
A grifter's got an irresistible urge to be the guy who's wise. There's nothin' to whipping a fool. Hell, fools are made to be whipped. But to take another pro. Even your partner, who knows you and has his eye on you. That's a score! No matter what happens. Donald E. Westlake
wise dying innocence
The question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future. Don DeLillo
wise men common-sense
The mind of man has no defense To equal plain, old common sense. This homely virtue don't despise, If you would be happy as well as wise. Don Herold
wise men views
Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view. E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
wise children heart
Think long and hard about the way you invest your children's time. Time is treasure. And where your time investment is, there you will find the heart of a child. Invest the majority of his time in entertainment, and his heart will be turned to love of pleasure. Invest his time in peers rather then family, and his heart will be with the peers more than his family. There is a time and place for all good things in balance, but wise parents will steward the treasure of time, and in so doing, shepherd their children's hearts. Doug Phillips
wise wisdom work
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. Douglas Bader
wise enemy conservative
Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like to have enemies around him. Douglas Brinkley
wise eye lost-ones
I watched the gorilla's eyes again, wise and knowing eyes, and wondered about this business of trying to teach apes language. Our language. Why? There are many members of our own species who live in and with the forest and know it and understand it. We don't listen to them. What is there to suggest we would listen to anything an ape could tell us? Or that it would be able to tell us of its life in a language that hasn't been born of that life? I thought, maybe it is not that they have yet to gain a language, it is that we have lost one. Douglas Adams
wise funny-life short-life
You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
wise years etc
You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so. Doris Lessing
wise men fool
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
wiser-you wiser
As you get older, you don't get wiser. You get irritable.
wise vegas guy
When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great. Don Rickles
wise giving-up fate
If You Have A Lemon, Make A Lemonade That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite. If he finds that life has handed him a lemon, he gives up and says: "I'm beaten. It is fate. I haven't got a chance." Then he proceeds to rail against the world and indulge in an orgy of selfpity. But when the wise man is handed a lemon, he says: "What lesson can I learn from this misfortune? How can I improve my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade? Dale Carnegie
wise thinking people
Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so. Don't condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.
wise men everyday
Everyday is a new life to a wise man.
wise witty people
People don't buy from clowns. Claude C. Hopkins