Quotes about wise
wise art self
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
wise secret ridiculous
That conduct often seems ridiculous the secret reasons of which are wise and solid.
wise adversity brave
Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? let wisdom make thee a good gamester. In a fair gale, every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot; to bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit. Francis Quarles
wise gambling evil
If thy desire to raise thy fortunes encourage thy delights to the casts of fortune, be wise betimes, lest thou repent too late; what thou gettest, thou gainest by abused providence; what thou losest, thou losest by abused patience; what thou winnest is prodigally spent; what thou losest is prodigally lost; it is an evil trade that prodigally drives; and a bad voyage where the pilot is blind.
wise human-nature orthodox
Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
wise philosophy book
God hath given to mankind a common library, His creatures; to every man a proper book, himself being an abridgment of all others. If thou read with understanding, it will make thee a great master of philosophy, and a true servant of the divine Author: if thou but barely read, it will make thee thine own wise man and the Author's fool.
wise silence desire
If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.
wise humble views
If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if thou be wise, view the peacock's feathers with his feet, and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections.
wise firsts events
The wisest prophets make sure of the event first. Horace Walpole
wise half done
Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!
wise men fool
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools. Horace
wise strong freedom
Who then is free? the wise man who is lord over himself; Whom neither poverty nor death, nor chains alarm; strong to withstand his passions and despise honors, and who is completely finished and rounded off in himself.
wise knowledge land
It is well when the wise and the learned discover new truths; but how much better to diffuse the truths already discovered amongst the multitudes. Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power; and while a philosopher is discovering one new truth, millions of truths may be propagated amongst the people.... The whole land must be watered with the streams of knowledge. Horace Mann
wise wisdom men
An ignorant man is always able to say yes or no immediately to any proposition. To a wise man, comparatively few things can be propounded which do not require a response with qualifications, with discriminations, with proportion.
wise men wicked
For never, never, wicked man was wise. Homer
wise color sensual
She spoke and loosened from her bosom the embroidered girdle of many colors into which all her allurements were fashioned. In it was love and int desire which steals the mind even of the wise.
wise wine men
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.
wise lying men
...he'll never lie - the man is far too wise.
wise wine laughing
Wine lead to folly, making even the wise to laugh immoderately, to dance, and to utter what had better have been kept silent.
wise fool events
After the event, even a fool is wise.
wise art cleverness
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.
wise powerful heart
Wine give strenght to weary men. and And wine can of their wits the wise beguile. Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile. and Let those who drink not, but austerely dine, Dry up in law; the muses smell of wine. and No poem was ever written by a drinker of water. and Bacchus opens the gate of the heart. and Might to inspire new hopes and powerful To drown the bitterness of cares.
wise children father
It is a wise child that knows his own father. [Lat., Nondum enim quisquam suum parentem ipse cognosvit.]
wise communication epic
A word to the wise is infuriating. Hunter S. Thompson
wise wisdom want
How we feel is how we want to be heard. Hugo von Hofmannsthal
wise way purpose
Depend on it. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can just as easily supply them ahead of time as afterwards, and He much prefers doing so. Hudson Taylor
wise men thinking
Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of melting pot, taking men and women from every part of the world and converting them into standardized, homogenized Americans. We are, I think, much more mature and wise today. Just as we welcome a world of diversity, so we glory in an America of diversity -- an America all the richer for the many different and distinctive strands of which it is woven. Hubert H. Humphrey
wise believe bystanders
There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. But we lean forward nonetheless because, despite all risks and rational argument, we believe that the path we are choosing is right and best thing to do. We refuse to be bystanders, even if we do not know exactly where our actions will lead. Howard Schultz
wise strong people
It's catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers. Honore de Balzac
wise thinking literature
I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate. Harold Pinter
wise teacher strong
Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that a wise and accomplished companion is talking to them; so thathe insinuates his sentiments and taste into their minds by an imperceptible influence. Johnson writes like a teacher. He dictates to his readers as if from an academical chair. They attend with awe and admiration; and his precepts are impressed upon them by his commanding eloquence. Addison's style, like a light wine, pleases everybody from the first. Johnson's, like a liquor of more body, seems too strong at first, but, by degrees, is highly relished. James Boswell
wise long crime
If mankind had always been logical and wise, history would not be a long chronicle of folly and crime. James G. Frazer
wise eye light
For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!' I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colours, and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered. I liked white better,' I said. White!' he sneered. 'It serves as a beginning. White cloth may be dyed. The white page can be overwritten; and the white light can be broken.' In which case it is no longer white,' said I. 'And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.' - Gandalf J. R. R. Tolkien