Quotes about wise
wise country writing
Whatever be the motives which induce men to write,--whether avarice or fame,--the country becomes more wise and happy in which they most serve for instructors. Oliver Goldsmith
wise kings real
Titles and mottoes to books are like escutcheons and dignities in the hands of a king. The wise sometimes condescend to accept of them; but none but a fool would imagine them of any real importance. We ought to depend upon intrinsic merit, and not the slender helps of the title.
wise regret lying
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
wise home taste
A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
wise nature men
Nature herself makes the wise man rich. Marcus Tullius Cicero
wise clever carpe-diem
We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.
wise judging people
Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?
wise truth lying
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
wise men temper
The wise man never loses his temper.
wise men suffering
Man must suffer to be wise.
wise men doe
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
wise art philosophy
Probabilities direct the conduct of the wise man.
wise men benefits
The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.
wise doe coercion
A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
wise fool protection
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
wise witty powerful
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
wise men opinion
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
wise wisdom philosophical
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
wise men traitor
No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.
wise regret business
Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made. Kiana Tom
wise gnosis keys
The key to all aristeia and wisdom and gnosis is a seed that conformist and mediocritist and democratist Americans haven't got even a scintilla of a prospect of nourishing, and that is sapere aude: DARE TO BE WISE. Kenny Smith
wise nature hate
Nature, being a wise and provident lady, governs her parts very wisely, methodically, and orderly: Also, she is very industrious and hates to be idle, which makes her employ her time as a good housewife doth. Margaret Cavendish
wise lying men
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. Mark Twain
wise children father
It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him.
wise government sticks
History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very head of the government couldn't be wise.
wise children lying
Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it.
wise wisdom distance
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
wise lying evil
The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others' advantage, and not our own; to lie healingly, charitably, humanely, not cruelly, hurtfully, maliciously; to lie gracefully and graciously, not awkwardly and clumsily; to lie firmly, frankly, squarely, with head erect, not haltingly, tortuously, with pusillanimous mien, as being ashamed of our high calling.
wise up-early bed
Go to bed early, get up early-this is wise.
wise witty kindness
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
wise country lying
We [ with Russel Crowe] had an Arabic coach there [ in the Body of Lies] that was really helpful, because it was more so than any accent. You have to be so exact, and there's different dialects of Arabic from country to country so it was really, really difficult to tell you the truth. And one of the hardest things I've ever had to do language-wise, because it comes from the throat. It's different. And also learning about the customs and the culture and all that, so we had advisors for that sort of thing. Leonardo DiCaprio
wise art sleep
O sleepers! what a thing is slumber! Sleep resembles death. Ah, why then dost thou not work in such wise as that after death thou mayst retain a resemblance to perfect life, when, during life, thou art in sleep so like to the hapless dead? Leonardo da Vinci
wise evil doe
The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me.