Quotes about wise
wise reality views
One who views thing as they are in reality, and not as they are said or thought to be, is truly wise, taught by God rather than by other persons Thomas a Kempis
wise mean men
A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.
wise men wish
Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning. Samuel Johnson
wise men vanity
The faults of a man loved or honoured sometimes steal secretly and imperceptibly upon the wise and virtuous, but by injudicious fondness or thoughtless vanity are adopted with design.
wise pain men
That distrust which intrudes so often on your mind is a mode of melancholy, which, if it be the business of a wise man to be happy, it is foolish to indulge; and if it be a duty to preserve our faculties entire for their proper use, it is criminal. Suspicion is very often an useless pain.
wise reading style
Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not the conclusion, but is diligent to mark how it is inferred; they read for other purposes than the attainment of practical knowledge; and are no more likely to grow wise by an examination of a treatise of moral prudence, than an architect to inflame his devotion by considering attentively the proportions of a temple.
wise ignorance flow
From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise
wise husband infidelity
Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands.
wise men thinking
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
wise doe welcome
If what happens does not make us richer, we must welcome it if it makes us wiser.
wise thinking being-wise
He that never thinks can never be wise.
wise eye jail
Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholar's life assail,- Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
wise eye prudent
Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.
wise men quitting
He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
wise brave prodigies
Fears of the brave and follies of the wise.
wise country wall
No wise man will go to live in the country, unless he has something to do which can be better done in the country. For instance, if he is to shut himself up for a year to study science, it is better to look out to the fields, than to an opposite wall. Then, if a man walks out in the country, there is nobody to keep him from walking in again: but if a man walks out in London, he is not sure when he will walk in again. A great city is, to be sure, the school for studying life.
wise gratitude children
I would injure no man, and should provoke no resentment. I would relieve every distress, and should enjoy the benedictions of gratitude. I would choose my friends among the wise and my wife among the virtuous, and therefore should be in no danger from treachery or unkindness. My children should by my care be learned and pious, and would repay to my age what their childhood had received.
wise grateful men
Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But for the same reason everyone is eager to instruct his neighbours. To be wise or to be virtuous is to buy dignity and importance at a high price; but when nothing is necessary to elevation but detection of the follies or faults of others, no man is so insensible to the voice of fame as to linger on the ground.
wise witty business
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
wise wisdom knowledge
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
wise men hands
No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had
wise reading being-wise
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
wise strong men
Let me live in my house by the side of the road, Where the race of men go by; They are good, they are bad; they are weak, they are strong, Wise, foolish,--so am I; Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat, Or hurl the cynic's ban? Let me live in my house by the side of the road, And be a friend to man. Sam Walter Foss
wise men steps
The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps. Robert Jordan
wise thinking advice
A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.
wise men faces
A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.
wise queens path
Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
wise cuba fighter
Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over 30 fighters Roberto Duran
wise knowledge missing
They're all so highly educated, you know. Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops, that there's a temptation to miss your own life in pursuing the lives of your betters. It makes you wise in some ways, but it can make you a blindfolded fool in others. Robertson Davies
wise thinking trying
I think we should see whether we are wise trying to educate everybody to a high standard the way we are trying to do now. There has to be a high level of education so everybody is literate, but whether university education is necessary for everyone is open to question.
wise men two
I am quite a wise old bird, but I am no desert hermit who can only prophesy when his guts are knotted with hunger. I am deep in the old man’s puzzle, trying to link the wisdom of the body with the wisdom of the spirit until the two are one.
wise blue hands
I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind... At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme, I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy, and wise in spite of themselves.
wise men mind
Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.