Quotes about wise
wise men weak-points
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. Ralph Waldo Emerson
wise men ends
A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works.
wise true-friend character
The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments.
wise book reading
We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise.
wise school knowledge
I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge. The wise instructor accomplishes this by opening to his pupils precisely the attractions the study has for himself. The marking is a system for schools, not for the college; for boys, not for men; and it is an ungracious work to put on a professor.
wise men foolish-man
The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
wise ignorance men
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant
wise book men
I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books.
wise real men
Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps they are.
wise wisdom war
In every war, there are always elements of blindness. Shimon Peres
wise three fats
If you eat three times a day, you become fat. If you read three times a day, you become wise. It's better to be wise than fat.
wise morning book
I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my weekends are spent reading great books. Books are my constant companions. If you eat three times a day you'll be fed. But if you read three times a day you'll be wise.
wise gay men
The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be wise, we can learn from them a richer and braver way to live. Sean O'Casey
wise integrity rights
I can only express the hope that faith in the judicial system will never be diminished, and I am sure it will not, so long as we allow a review of the judicial processes that takes place here in some other tribunal where obviously undue influence cannot be brought to bear. As long as governments are wise enough to leave alone the rights of appeal to some superior body outside Singapore, then there must be a higher degree of confidence in the integrity of our judicial process. This is most important. Lee Kuan Yew
wise wisdom humanity
Language is our way of communicating what we want and who we are. By using bad language, we diminish the divine spark within us that defines our humanity. Laura Schlessinger
wise ignorance character
Ask Anthony Hopkins how he makes his characters come to life and he just shrugs. I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't be able to do it. As they say: Where ignorance is bliss it's folly to be wise.
wise men fool
A wise man seeks much counsel...a fool listens to all of it.
wise powerful purpose
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. Viktor E. Frankl
wise wisdom past
God lead us past the setting of the sun To wizard islands, of august surprise; God make our blunders wise. Vachel Lindsay
wise confusing language
This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor. Vaclav Havel
wise stars mean
He that resolves upon any great and good end, has, by that very resolution, scaled the chief barrier to it. He will find such resolution removing difficulties, searching out or making means, giving courage for despondency, and strength for weakness, and like the star to the wise men of old, ever guiding him nearer and nearer to perfection. Tryon Edwards
wise character opportunity
Mitch and I have known each other for such a long time, and we're both so pleased to be given this opportunity at this point in our lives to play characters that we've never really had a chance to play before. It's a great gift. Plus we're wise enough to appreciate it. Susan Sullivan
wise song writing
I have so many songs, it's ridiculous. I love so many different types of music and tend to write all over the map, style-wise. R&B, rock 'n' roll, screamers, pop, good-time songs. Taryn Manning
wise buffets against-love
They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me. Sophocles
wise men oedipus
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise
wise men submission-to-god
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
wise wisdom men
Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.
wise wisdom past
The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past.
wise wisdom age
There is no such thing as the old age of the wise.
wise knives doctors
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
wise thinker
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
wise wisdom loss
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
wise wisdom men
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.