Quotes about wise
wise mean government
A wise prince will seek means by which his subjects will always and in every possible condition of things have need of his government, and then they will always be faithful to him. Niccolo Machiavelli
wise advice shrewdness
A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised. . . . Good advice depends on the shrewdness of the prince who seeks it, and not the shrewdness of the prince on good advice.
wise men opinion
It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.
wise philosophical reality
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
wise past men
Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.
wise adversity blow
A wise prince then...should never be idle in times of peace but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself in times of adversity so that when fortune abandons him he may be prepared to resist her blows.
wise should rely
A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others.
wise italian cities
Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects, others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions...Our forefathers, and those who were reckoned wise, were accustomed to say that it was necessary to hold Pistoia [an Italian city] by factions and Pisa by fortress, and with this idea they fostered quarrels in some of their tributary towns so as to keep possession of them the more easily.
wise book men
The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by its authority. The man therefore who weakens or destroys the divine authority of that book may be assessory to all the public disorders which society is doomed to suffer. Noah Webster
wise missing teeth
Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence. Jodi Picoult
wise fainting bits
I was a bit of a Victorian Lady, fainting-wise. John Green
wise labyrinth heavy
How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast.
wise cancer writing
One of the pitfalls about writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these wise-beyond-their-years creatures or these sad-eyed tragic people. And the truth is, people living with cancer are very much like people who are not living with cancer. They're every bit as funny and complex and diverse as anyone else.
wise writing self
I wasn't writing, I wasn't drawing, and personality-wise, I was just completely arrogant. I'm not trying to be overly apologetic for my behavior - I wasn't evil. The lifestyle I had was one that lent itself to becoming more and more self-involved. Patti Smith
wise sorrow
Everything is sorrow for the wise. Patanjali
wise men thinking
I think 'one man, one vote,' just unrestricted democracy, would not be wise. There needs to be some kind of protection for the minority which the white people represent now, a minority, and they need and have a right to demand a protection of their rights. Pat Robertson
wise travel men
The wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks too much like going for the draw and puts armed men out of countinence P. J. O'Rourke
wise men race
The wise man knoweth where to stop, as he runneth in the race of fortune, For experience of old hath taught him, that happiness lingered midway; And many in hot pursuit have hasted to the goal of wealth, But have lost, as they ran, those apples of gold--the mind and the power to enjoy it. Martin Farquhar Tupper
wise humility men
Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread; His bark is shallow in the water, and a sudden gust shall sink it: Praise a wise man, and speed him on his way; for he carrieth the ballast of humility, And is glad when his course is cheered by the sympathy of brethren ashore.
wise wisdom eye
A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.
wise heart errors
Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.
wise nature atheism
There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author. Marquis de Sade
wise-girl face-your-fears should
We should all start to live before we get too old. Marilyn Monroe
wise mean practice
The practice of thrift is not outdated. We must discipline ourselves to live within our incomes even if it means going without or making do. The wise person can distinguish...between basic needs and extravagant wants. Some find budgeting extremely painful, but I promise you, it is never fatal. Marvin J. Ashton
wise men needs
Wise is the man who says what needs to be said, but not all that could be said.
wise communication emotions-feelings
If we would know true love and understanding one for another, we must realize that communication is more than a sharing of words. It is the wise sharing of emotions, feelings, and concerns. It is the sharing of oneself totally.
wise cautious grows
As I slowly grow wise I briskly grow cautious. Mark Twain
wise fire silence
it is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping it alive. Few slanders can stand the wear of silence.
wise worst
The worst thing you can do is animate something, and then throw it out because it doesn't work, story wise. Nicholas Stoller
wise trust-me lord
Aren't you frightened?" Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup would, or to explain that we can't presume to understand the Lord's plan. She looked away. "Yes," she finally said, "I'm frightened all the time." "Then why don't you act like it?" "I do. I just do it in private." "Because you don't trust me?" "No," she said, "because I know you're frightened, too. Nicholas Sparks
wise wall heart
I have on my office wall a wise and useful reminder by Anne Morrow Lindbergh concerning one of the realities of life. She wrote, "My life cannot implement in action the demands of all the people to whom my heart responds." That's good counsel for us all, not as an excuse to forgo duty, but as a sage point about pace and the need for quality in relationships. Neal A. Maxwell
wise self goal
Without making a fetish of goal setting, and without letting "lists" of tasks we desire to do dominate us, some recording of goals is wise not only for the self-reminder these constitute, but also for the satisfaction of crossing things off.
wise learning views
Patience helps us to view imperfections in others more generously to the end that we may learn to be more wise than they have been.