Wise Quotes · Page 100

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le…

— Philippe Quinault

Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made.

— Kiana Tom

Most everything seems wise and reasonable when knowledge is at the helm and experience is not on the boat.

— T Jay Taylor

“If I claim to be a wise man, that surely means that I don't know.”

— Anonymous

“Choose men who have rowed together before, if you’re wise.”

— George R.R. Martin

I've found it wise to enjoy any time of truce, while recognizing it for what it is. A truce.

— Cinda Williams Chima

If you pay attention when you are corrected, you are wise. ~Prov.15:31

— Anonymous

If there's one thing I can't bear, it's people who are wise during the event.

— Kenneth Tynan

Union of the weakest develops strength not wisdom. Can all men, together, avenge one of the leaves that have fallen in autumn?…

— Wallace Stevens

I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Hi ladies, Hi Girls..., If you don't add more knowledge to what you already know, you may be a virgin but may…

— israelmore ayivor

The experienced, wise, energetic, intelligent individual functioning in a loose coalition with others in a wide network is far more effective than…

— John C. Lilly

“The ancient sages never put their teachings in systematic form. They spoke in paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths. They…

— Anonymous

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a…

— William Hazlitt

Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.

— Geoffrey Chaucer

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it…

— Edward Everett Hale

I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the…

— Robertson Davies

But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons…

— William Cowper

The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized…

— George Carlin

Ah, yet, e'er I descend to th' grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends,…

— Abraham Cowley

I would injure no man, and should provoke no resentment. I would relieve every distress, and should enjoy the benedictions of gratitude.…

— Samuel Johnson

Life is such a mystery, no one can understand it, and one who claims that he understands it is simply ignorant. He…

— Anonymous

The highfalutin aims of democracy, whether real or imaginary, are always assumed to be identical with its achievements. This, of course, is…

— H. L. Mencken

If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management…

— John Quincy Adams

During a wise man's whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.

— Victor Hugo

If we seek a positive outcome, we must begin with a positive attitude.

— Anthony D. Williams

Lovers should be as Fire and Air; fire must have air to breath and air gets it's true power from fire's heat .

— Billy Thayer

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

— Nelson Mandela

Show Me The Funny' was not very successful ratings wise, but the right people saw me.

— Ellie Taylor

“Death is not an option. Death is inevitable. But death is a choice.”

— Lik Hock Yap Ivan

The rich man can afford to be happy and wise; the poor man is wiser still, for he understands sadness.

— William Henry Chase

A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise study of the Bible.

— Henry Clay Trumbull

Fortune confounds the wise, And when they least expect it turns the dice.

— John Dryden

Happiness doesn't come and go, what comes and goes is your attunement to happiness.

— Robert Holden

A person is both wise and wealthy when you master the art of appreciating what you already have.

— Zelig Pliskin

Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.

— William Shakespeare

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

— Pythagoras

If you live cautiously, your friends will call you wise. You just won't move many mountains

— Bill Johnson

Stupid speaks loudly; he makes noise like pigs! Wise man speaks calmly; he makes sound like quiet lakes!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The wise never stop learning and unlearning. To stop would mean death or delusion.

— Philip Arnold