Wise Quotes · Page 60

Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.

— George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

It takes more than a wise man to keep track of a foolish woman.

— Minna Antrim

“The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Nothing is concealed from the wise and sensible, while the unbelieving and unworthy cannot learn the secrets.

— Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

— Francis Bacon

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies.

— Edward Abbey

The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing.

— Frederick Salomon Perls

In the end the reason for anything is inseparable from the reason for everything.

— Robert Breault

To be smart means you know a lot of things. To be wise means you know what to do with you know.…

— Richard Stidham

God has a plan for your life. The Devil has a plan for your life. Be ready for both. Just be wise…

— Anonymous

To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through…

— Albert Einstein

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

I would go out into the desert. The desert was my teacher. I didn't know about gurus and wise people-I wasn't a…

— Byron Katie

That's why I'm very wise [in] the way I choose the remixes 'cuz I know that the song has to transcend well.…

— Cedric Gervais

Under the Sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor…

— Solomon

Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about his country as his sweetheart, yet it…

— James Russell Lowell

You know, because you outline a movie, it kinda comes at the same time. I mean, there are days when you are…

— Todd Phillips

And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive,…

— Anton Chekhov

And through meditation comes wisdom - not through studying books, not through scriptures. Through scriptures one can become knowledgeable but no wise.…

— Rajneesh

“But we know that we are no longer the same, and not only know that we are no longer the same, but…

— Samuel Beckett

“A gun safety instructor once told me that if you pull the trigger you’re going to create a hole somewhere. So, in…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

I have since often observed, how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is, especially of youth ... that they are…

— Daniel Defoe

Yes, there are parallels. The difference is that I just look at [my son] David and think that he's absolutely perfect, whereas…

— J. K. Rowling

The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all…

— Seneca the Younger

A wise person is one who does not retaliate despite having the power to do so

— Anonymous

Wise teachers create an environment that encourages students to teach themselves

— Leonard Roy Frank

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

— Anonymous

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

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

— Samuel Johnson

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools.

— E. Haldeman-Julius

“Don't let sex make you a mother before love makes you a wife.”

— Kemi Edonmi

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

There was never a wise saying that couldn't be made wiser by adding the words, "and vice-versa.

— Robert Breault

I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.

— Kelly Ripa

Regrets are just a way for the foolish and the guilty to pass the time

— Gensoumaden Saiyuki