Quotes about wise
wise spring rain
Rain was coming down in sheets. I could hear it, on the concrete outside and on the old building above me. It creaked and swayed in the spring thunderstorm and the wind, timbers gently flexing, wise enough with age to give a little, rather than put up stubborn resistance until they broke. I could probably stand to learn something from that. Jim Butcher
wise lying guy
Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.
wise dream men
Wise men have interpreted dreams, and the gods have laughed. H. P. Lovecraft
wise dream hero
Some of us awake in the night with strange phantasms of enchanted hills and gardens, of fountains that sing in the sun, of golden cliffs overhanging murmuring seas, of plains that stretch down to sleeping cities of bronze andstone, and of shadowy companies of heroes that ride caparisoned white horsesalong the edges of thick forests, and then we know that we have looked backthrough the ivory gates into that world of wonder that was ours, before we were wise and unhappy.
wise men heaven
Fools make researches and wise men exploit them - that is our earthly way of dealing with the question, and we thank Heaven for an assumed abundance of financially impotent and sufficiently ingenious fools. H. G. Wells
wise wind faces
The wind in ones face makes one wise. George Herbert
wise wisdom men
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Jean de la Bruyere
wise men trying
A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.
wise men suffering
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.
wise men doe
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
wise fear bores-you
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
wise medicine ayurveda
The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
wise art men
Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating
wise distance men
A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who. Jay-Z
wise country travel
A wise traveler never despises his own country. [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.] Carlo Goldoni
wise country despise
A wise traveller never despises his own country.
wise kings hands
Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist. Joseph Joubert
wise fashion often-is
Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is true that the foolish invent them, but the wise may conform to, instead of contradicting, them.
wise stars prayer
The aspirations and expectations of a virtuous people, environed with so wise, so liberal, so deep, so broad, and so high a charter of equal rights as appears in said Constitution, ought to be treated by those to whom the administration of the laws is entrusted with as much sanctity as the prayers of the Saints are treated in heaven, that love, confidence, and union, like the sun, moon, and stars, should bear witness, Joseph Smith, Jr.
wise country true-friend
We think it would be wise in you to try to git [sic] influence by offering to print a paper in favor of the government as you know we are all friends to the Constitution yea true friends to that Country for which our fathers bled.
wise country freedom
Be wise; let prudence dictate all your counsels; preserve peace with all men, if possible; stand by the Constitution of your country; observe its principles; and above all, show yourselves men of God, worthy citizens.
wise godly men
Patience is heavenly, obedience is noble, forgiveness is merciful, and exaltation is godly; and he that holds out faithful to the end shall in no wise lose his reward. A good man will endure all things to honor Christ, and even dispose of the whole world, and all in it, to save his soul.
wise men hands
The exaltation and happiness of any community, goes hand in hand with the knowledge possessed by the people, when applied to laudable ends; whereupon we can exclaim like the wise man; righteousness exalteth a nation; for righteousness embraces knowledge and knowledge is power.
wise character men
God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret.... It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of God, and to know... that he was once a man like us.... Here, then, is eternal life - to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves... the same as all Gods have done before you...
wise wisdom prayer
The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.
wise people kind
People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy. Kristin Bauer van Straten
wise believe states
States have always needed intellectuals to con the public into believing that its rule is wise, good, and inevitable Murray Rothbard
wise fashion men
We ought always to conform to the manners of the greater number, and so behave as not to draw attention to ourselves. Excess either way shocks, and every man truly wise ought to attend to this in his dress as well as language, never to be affected in anything and follow without being in too great haste the changes of fashion. Moliere
wise wisdom patience
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
wise perfect wish
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
wise perfect sobriety
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
wise strong character
In all tests of character, when two viewpoints are pitted against one another, in the final analysis the thing that will strike you the most, is not who was right or wrong, strong or weak, wise or foolish.... but who would go to the greatest lengths in considering the other's perspective. Mike Dooley
wise parent today
My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents. Keira Knightley