Wise Quotes · Page 96

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.

— Samuel Johnson

Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.

— Dogen

A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.

— James Russell Lowell

God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.

— Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In order to be old and wise you at first have to be young and stupid.

— Anonymous

Sharp and mild, dull and keen, well known and strange, dirty and clean, where both the fool and wise are seen: All…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“They asked a wise man: Why don’t we ever hear you backbiting and slandering? He said: I’m still not happy with myself…

— Ahmad Musa Jibril

Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said.…

— Scott Westerfeld

You are strong when you know your weakness, you are beautiful when you appreciate your flaws, you are wise when you learn…

— Anil Sinha

Oh, Love is the crooked thing, there is nobody wise enough to find out all that is in it, for he will…

— William Butler Yeats

Political Science carries inseparably with it the study of piety, and that he who is not pious cannot be truly wise.

— Giambattista Vico

However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man.…

— Anonymous

Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

In New Mexico, my local church did a nativity play, and I was cast as Wise Man #3. Of course, Wise Man…

— Baron Vaughn

We cannot be wise while in the grip of a deep fear. ... This is why demagogues, when seeking our support, will…

— Philip Gulley

From the get-go, I was wise enough to say, 'Well, I'm playing rhythm 'cause Angus could really soar with the leads.' I…

— Malcolm Young

Now the myths represent the Gods themselves and the goodness of the Gods subject always to the distinction of the speakable and…

— Sallust

If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him? If he is infinitely wise, what doubts should we…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

I thought that I was in heaven But I was sure surprised Heaven help me, I didn't see The devil in your…

— Elvis Presley

Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and…

— Carlos Castaneda

I want my fellow citizens to wise up and stop falling for [war]. I try with my limited access, I'm not getting…

— Henry Rollins

Wise teachers create an environment that encourages students to teach themselves

— Leonard Roy Frank

Fool a wise and mental powered ones then fooling a fool because you cannot defeat nature

— Andile Zmobe

I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion.

— Cat Stevens

You cannot please everyone, even mahatama gandhi wasnt able to please godsay who shot him dead. *senora*

— Senoraroy

Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom)

— Edith Hamilton

To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.

— Baron de Montesquieu

To create is always to learn, to begin over, to begin at zero.

— Matthew Fox

A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.

— Jay-Z

Silence is a kind of art. If you are an artist in your silence, you will be a genius in your words.

— Anonymous

It is certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught as men take diseases, one of another.

— William Shakespeare

No gown worse becomes a woman than the desire to be wise.

— Martin Luther

The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“If you want something done, do it yourself; other wise it'll never get done.”

— Alicia Figgs

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

— Plato

“Show the youth the consequences of their actions and why they should choose wisely”

— Sunday Adelaja