Quotes about wise
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A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Heinrich Heine
wise witty philosophical
Our sweetest hopes rise blooming. And then again are gone, They bloom and fade alternate, And so it goes rolling on. I know it, and it troubles My life, my love, my rest, My heart is wise and witty, And it bleeds within my breast.
wise men talking
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
wise kings pigs
Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties, And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise. Hilaire Belloc
wise names zeus
The wise is one only. It is unwilling and willing to be called by the name of Zeus. Heraclitus
wise listening all-things
It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one.
wise agree all-things
It is wise to agree that all things are one.
wise wisdom men
Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
wise sorry adversity
Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us Henry Ward Beecher
wise fall looks
Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.
wise mistake men
Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor, and wise are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant.
wise spiritual sorry
Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is multiplied a thousandfold, so affliction should magnify our joy and increase our spiritual harvest.
wise men weight
Precedents deliberately established by wise men are entitled to great weight. They are evidence of truth, but only evidence...But a solitary precedent...which has never been reexamined, cannot be conclusive. Henry Clay
wise light trying
When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it. Henry Cloud
wise giving-up party
As a great part of the uneasiness of matrimony arises from mere trifles,, it would be wise in every young married man to enter into an agreement with his wife, that in all disputes of this kind the party who was most convinced they were right should always surrender the victory. By which means both would be more forward to give up the cause. Henry Fielding
wise hero character
...the act of eating,which hath by several wise men been considered as extremely mean and derogatory from the philosophic dignity, must be in some measure performed by the greatest prince, hero, or philosopher upon earth; nay, sometimes Nature hath been so frolicsome as to exact of these dignified characters a much more exorbitant share of this office than she hath obliged those of the lowest orders to perform.
wise men good-man
It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
wise trying storytelling
We actually try our best to be non-biased, but for me, that was the best movie ["Sicario"], filmmaking-wise and storytelling-wise, and connected to me the most. I thought it was great. John Krasinski
wise wisdom knows
Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise. Johann Kaspar Lavater
wise conscience
The conscience is more wise than science.
wise blood silence
Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent.
wise men games
It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.
wise mind restless
There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.
wise men errors
He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration.
wise lying fool
It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
wise book men
Beware of a man of one book.
wise years people
People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were.
wise men half
Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.
wise branches may
He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.
wise unity guides
Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.
wise lying character
There is nothing by which men display their character so much as in what they consider ridiculous... Fools and sensible men are equally innocuous. It is in the half fools and the half wise that the great danger lies.
wise competition underestimate
No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.
wise answers want
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.