Wise Quotes · Page 9

A man must become wise at his own expense.

— Michel de Montaigne

The wise are in no need to know much

— Raheel Farooq

The ageless Dennis Wise, now in his thirties.

— Martin Tyler

No man was ever wise by chance.

— Anonymous

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

— Miguel de Cervantes

“wise men are remembered, they always are.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours.

— Benjamin Franklin

It takes a very wise man to act the fool.

— Louis Walsh

He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.

— Publilius Syrus

Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise.

— William Benton Clulow

I will be strong with you but I refuse to be strong for you.

— Anonymous

Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.

— Baltasar Gracian

A wise man knows his ignorance; a fool thinks he knows everything.

— Anonymous

You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.

— Marilyn vos Savant

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

— Tacitus

The wise don't expect to find life worth living; they make it that way.

— Anonymous

Does a man speak foolishly?--suffer him gladly, for you are wise. Does he speak erroneously?--stop such a man's mouth with sound words…

— Oliver Cromwell

“This is God's beauty! The Elegant nature of Esther, The Meek nature of Moses, The Pius nature of Paul, The Passionate nature…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“The Buddha’s criteria for Wise Speech include—in addition to the obvious expectation that speech be truthful— that it be timely, gentle, motivated…

— Sylvia Boorstein

Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not…

— Odell Shepard

It was observed of Elizabeth that she was weak herself, but chose wise counsellors; to which it was replied, that to choose…

— Charles Caleb Colton

I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree…

— Jesse Helms

Great lesson from life,,,, There is no market for your emotions, so never advertise your feelings, just display your attitude.

— Babloo

It was during this [as a kid] time that I came out of my shell vocally and performance wise, I learned how…

— Tessanne Chin

An ignorant man is always able to say yes or no immediately to any proposition. To a wise man, comparatively few things…

— Horace Mann

No [movie is really worth watching] which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength,…

— J.R. Miller

Whensoever God's truth is defaced or when any man turns away from the pure simplicity of the Gospel, we must not in…

— John Calvin

Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter…

— Mark Twain

When I was at drama school some of the teachers, who were very wise, said to me, 'You're going to be a…

— Adrian Dunbar

I don't know why people call me a jazz singer, though I guess people associate me with jazz because I was raised…

— Sarah Vaughan

The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and…

— Gore Vidal

Stubbornness destroys good advice.

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

It's great to be brave, but better to be wise.

— JTC

“You cannot be both in love and a wise person.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

The wise man must be wise before, not after, the event.

— Epicharmus of Kos

“No shortcut to wisdom. No tollways to be wise.”

— Toba Beta

Bitches who barks but never bites are a waste of time.

— Hmoob

Wisdom makes the face of the wise to shine

— Anonymous

“We have five senses, but the wise have six.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo