Quotes about wise
wise men hair
O wise humanity, terribly wise humanity! How inscrutable is the civilization where men toil and work and worry their hair gray to get a living and forget to play! Lin Yutang
wise philosophy believe
The world I believe is far too serious, and being far too serious ... it has need of a wise and merry philosophy.
wise men busy
The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.
wise reading book
The wise man reads both books and life itself.
wise busy too-busy
Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.
wise
During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally.
wise men order
Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many fools to hide behind his too-appropriate order to assume leadership of the forces of stupidity he has marshalled, or his enemies will unmask him in order to better understand the disease that has produced such a warped and twisted mind. Orson Scott Card
wise children reading
What blockheads are those wise persons, who think it necessary that a child should comprehend everything it reads. Robert Southey
wise jobs looks
The poor look for jobs while the rich build networks Robert Kiyosaki
wise pain cutting
Social opinion is like a sharp knife. There are foolish people who regard it only with terror, and dare not touch or meddle with it. There are more foolish people, who, in rashness or defiance, seize it by the blade, and get cut and mangled for their pains. And there are wise people, who grasp it discreetly and boldly by the handle, and use it to carve out their own purposes. Anna Jameson
wise educational men
A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe. Adlai Stevenson
wise war men
A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
wise travel men
The fool wanders, a wise man travels. Thomas Fuller
wise long soul
When we look to presumed sources of origin for competing evolutionary explanations of the giraffe's long neck, we find either nothing at all, or only the shortest of speculative conjectures. Length, of course, need not correspond with importance. Garrulous old Polonius , in a rare moment of clarity, reminded us that "brevity is the soul of wit" (and then immediately vitiated his wise observation with a flood of woolly words about Hamlet 's Madness. Stephen Jay Gould
wise dog moon
When any person of really eminent virtue becomes the object of envy, the clamor and abuse by which he is assailed is but the sign and accompaniment of his success in doing service to the public. And if he is a truly wise man, he will take no more notice of it than the moon does of the howling of the dogs. Her only answer to them is to shine on. Richard Whately
wise ignorance men
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.
wise wisdom rebuilding
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
wise simple years
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? Richelle Mead
wise men answers
Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki
wise men light
In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world. Richard Baxter
wise library helping
To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please.
wise reading book
It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few.
wise two vines
A wise, joyous bookit unfolds the knowledge and the beauty of the two lives it embraces-old wisdom and young discover, intertwining like vines. Rex Reed
wise dog writing
Writers on the subject of August Strindberg have hitherto omitted to mention that he could not write. ... Strindberg, who was neither a good nor a wise man, had a stroke of luck. He went mad. He lost the power of inhibition. Everything down to the pettiest suspicion that the dog had been given the leanest mutton chop, poured out of his lips. Men of his weakness and sensuality are usually, from their sheer brutishness, unable to express themselves. But Strindberg was mad and articulate. That is what makes him immortal. Rebecca West
wise silence insult
The most effective comeback to an insult is silence. Russell Lynes
wise way helping
Sure, I'd love to help you out...now, which way did you come in?
wise tests negative
If you took an IQ test, the results would be negative.
wise people pay
Sure, I've seen people like you before - but I had to pay an admission.
wise faces looks
And I thought I had problems? Look at your face!
wise missing village
Your village just called. They're missing an idiot.
wise sorry littles
I'm sorry, I'm a little busy. Can i ignore you later?
wise insult old-you
I'd love to ask how old you are, but unfortunately I know you can't count that high.
wise stupid people
Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people.