It's always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumptions. — C. West Churchman Copy Share Image
Wise is the man who says what needs to be said, but not all that could be said. — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
“And sometimes we finally grow wise enough to understand life is a gift that can't- shouldn't- last forever.” — Jodi Meadows Copy Share Image
You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
My friends call me an owl. Apparently, it's a combination of being wise and having big eyes. — Romy Madley Croft Copy Share Image
Thus, statesmanlike, I'll saucily impose, And safe from action, valiantly advise; Sheltered in impotence, urge you to blows, And being good for… — John Wilmot Copy Share Image
I have a passion for big cats, I like big snakes. There is something about snakes that is so wise, they have… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
My mum always encouraged me that less is more, make-up wise. I think that's why I feel more confident when I have… — Maia Mitchell Copy Share Image
You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them,… — Robert South Copy Share Image
Out of all those centuries the Greeks can count seven sages at the most, and if anyone looks at them more closely… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and… — John Balguy Copy Share Image
I don't try to approach things any differently, songwriting-wise, regardless of what I'm doing. I try to write whatever the best thing… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
Very high, very grand, and very wise is the ocean of God, the Water of Life. You went after the form and… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow. Well, perhaps you are right. Perhaps the wise spurn one to remain… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
Making fiction for children, making books for children, isn't something you do for money. It's something you do because what children read… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Can policy be both wise and aggressively partisan? Ask any Republican worth his salt and the answer will be an unequivocal yes.… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Forgiveness feels most dramatic when some ancient pattern of self-punishment collapses in a torrent of tears. But it is just as effective… — D. Patrick Miller Copy Share Image
I was as alone as a person can be. I could not turn to a friend, for nobody wished to befriend me.… — Phan Thi Kim Phuc Copy Share Image
Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Wine turns the wise man into a fool and the fool into a wise man. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“The Wise are Superb Observers of Nature and Rise Superior to the Blows of Fortune” — Philo of Alexandria Copy Share Image
“The wise man desires nothing; he does not judge, he makes no plans, he keeps his mind open and his” — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Knock upon yourself as upon a door, and when the door opens an answer can be found. — Richard Zimler Copy Share Image
When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes. — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
We can all have the knowledge in the world, but it means nothing without the wisdom to know what to do with… — Marie Osmond Copy Share Image
“the wise man never assumes anything, never regrets anything, is never wrong, never changes his mind.” — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“Even the wise appear foolish before one who brings peace to another.” — Phoenix Desmond Copy Share Image
A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
