We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Government usually doesn't work. It doesn't work because it is political. People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Be you wise and never sad, You will get your lovely lad. Never serious be, nor true, And your wish will come… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are… — Beverley Nichols Copy Share Image
We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I saw in 'the wandering Jew' the personification of the Jewish people, exiled in the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, they are once again… — George Sand Copy Share Image
You are strong when you know your weakness, you are beautiful when you appreciate your flaws, you are wise when you learn… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
Be not with honor's gilded baits beguil'd, Nor think ambition wise, because 'tis brave; For though we like it, as a forward… — William Davenant Copy Share Image
The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Be thankful to all those people who have hurt you or disappointed you. Because they are the one who made you wise… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
Well, he keeps saying that, and as defense secretary, of course he has to think of a lot of potential enemies. I… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
There would not be so much harm in the giddy following the fashions, if somehow the wise could always set them. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
I also like different records of mine for creative purposes and metaphorically wise. — Ashanti Copy Share Image
“Your desire to advise other people, grows in line with your perception... that assumes you're wiser than them.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
Faith may rise into miracles of might, as some few wise men have shown; faith may sink into credulities of weakness, as… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
On woman Nature did bestow two eyes, Like Hemian's bright lamps, in matchless beauty shining, Whose beams do soonest captivate the wise… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise--a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Script wise, the story of 'Eega' is universal. It's a simple story which everyone can understand. — Nani Copy Share Image
Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Positive thinking will absolutely make your life better, and you should keep that in mind. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
Alexander the Great once said that 'I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity!' What… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I remember growing up and being too afraid to ask questions about things that were in the Bible. In my younger days,… — Sashauni Aaeliyae Copy Share Image
No companion however wise, no friend however useful, can be to me what my mother has been: her image will long pursue… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
I think I have become wise enough, because I started at a young age and know there are ups and downs in… — Sacha Dhawan Copy Share Image
“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I will be a wise and tolerant monarch, dispencing justice fairly, and only setting nightmares to rip out the winds of the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image