Quotes about wise
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 wisdom luxury
Ah, lady! it is hardly what you thought it, This life of luxury and social power; You gave yourself as principal, and bought it, But God extracts the interest hour by hour. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
wise wisdom memories
Then I turned to him commanding That he go the way he came, whence he came. But he answered me in sorrow, "May the Past not seek to borrow From the Present without blame - Just one memory from its store, Ere it goes to come no more, Back the pathway that it came, whence it came?"
wise wisdom wish
Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true...
wise wisdom fate
Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest of such a fate, For that is my conception of hell-fire.
wise wisdom morning
High in the heavens I saw the moon this morning, Albeit the sun shone bright; Unto my soul it spoke, in voice of warning, "Remember Night!"
wise wisdom looks
Don't look for flaws as you go through life and even when you find them it is wise and kind to be somewhat blind, and look for the virtue behind them.
wise wisdom lying
And however dark the skies may appear, And however souls may blunder, I tell you it all will work out clear, For good lies over and under.
wise wisdom intelligence
It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
wise wisdom wish
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
wise praise
Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.
wise art secret
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty.
wise men thinking
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
wise wisdom height
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
wise men may
There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.
wise heart consistency
The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.
wise mind habit
It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.
wise faults satisfaction
Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.
wise gratitude may
No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them...
wise lying ridiculous
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
wise mistake errors
Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.
wise men fool
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.
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.
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.