Quotes about wise
wise
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him. George Herbert
wise fool go-hard
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles. [If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.]
wise men enough
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
wise punishment faults
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the punishment.
wise men care
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
wise wisdom
He who understands the wise is wise already. Georg C. Lichtenberg
wise wisdom stupid
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
wise courage blessing
Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.
wise mean judging
To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which this instrument with which we feel and judge can be subject.
wise emotional self
We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are absurdly just, we forgive everything. For that very reason we ought to discipline ourselves a little; for that very reason we ought to cultivate a little emotion, a little emotional vice, from time to time. It may be hard for us; and among ourselves we may perhaps laugh at the appearance we thus present. But what of that! We no longer have any other mode of self-overcoming available to us: this is our asceticism, our penance. Friedrich Nietzsche
wise dirty snakes
Sharp and mild, dull and keen, well known and strange, dirty and clean, where both the fool and wise are seen: All this am I, have ever been, - in me dove, snake and swine convene!
wise hands wish
Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me. I wish to spread it and bestow it, until the wise have once more become joyous in their folly, and the poor happy in their riches.
wise character people
[We need] someone bold, to put himself at the head of the disaffected and rally them against the oppressor. Some great character who could captivate the people... someone wise who could direct the actions of an unbridled and floating multitude. Jean-Paul Marat
wise taken reflection
To form a truly free constitution, that's to say, truly just and wise, the first point, the main point, the capital point, is that all the laws be agreed on by the people, after considered reflection, and especially having taken time to see what's at stake...
wise philosophical men
There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical. Giacomo Leopardi
wise government cities
The spirit of rebellion is present in every great city, and the great task of wise government is to keep it dormant, for if it wakes it is a torrent which no dam can hold back. Giacomo Casanova
wise men waiting
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.
wise listening seeing
Seeing, observing, listening, these are the greatest acts Jiddu Krishnamurti
wise communication epic
A word to the wise is infuriating. Hunter S. Thompson
wise wisdom want
How we feel is how we want to be heard. Hugo von Hofmannsthal
wise way purpose
Depend on it. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can just as easily supply them ahead of time as afterwards, and He much prefers doing so. Hudson Taylor
wise men thinking
Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of melting pot, taking men and women from every part of the world and converting them into standardized, homogenized Americans. We are, I think, much more mature and wise today. Just as we welcome a world of diversity, so we glory in an America of diversity -- an America all the richer for the many different and distinctive strands of which it is woven. Hubert H. Humphrey
wise believe bystanders
There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. But we lean forward nonetheless because, despite all risks and rational argument, we believe that the path we are choosing is right and best thing to do. We refuse to be bystanders, even if we do not know exactly where our actions will lead. Howard Schultz
wise strong people
It's catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers. Honore de Balzac
wise men fool
Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
wise wisdom thinking
To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.
wise thinking sage
He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks. [Fr., Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit.]
wise examination expediency
It is not expedient or wise to examine our friends too closely; few persons are raised in our esteem by a close examination.
wise art self
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self.
wise secret ridiculous
That conduct often seems ridiculous the secret reasons of which are wise and solid.
wise adversity brave
Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? let wisdom make thee a good gamester. In a fair gale, every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot; to bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit. Francis Quarles
wise gambling evil
If thy desire to raise thy fortunes encourage thy delights to the casts of fortune, be wise betimes, lest thou repent too late; what thou gettest, thou gainest by abused providence; what thou losest, thou losest by abused patience; what thou winnest is prodigally spent; what thou losest is prodigally lost; it is an evil trade that prodigally drives; and a bad voyage where the pilot is blind.
wise human-nature orthodox
Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.