The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety. — Alexandra David-Neel Copy Share Image
“The human being likes to have something to despise; and likes not having to run after.” — Augusto Branco Copy Share Image
If the body can respond so decisively to music, it must in some sense be music. — Don G. Campbell Copy Share Image
Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them... — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A wise man is a human being of vast understanding and keen mind. And a heart that really cares~ — Rolly Magallanes Copy Share Image
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
You were wise not to waste years in a lawsuit ... he who commences a suit resembles him who plants a palm-tree… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. — Diogenes Copy Share Image
I knew a wise man that had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, "Stay a little,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Writers are such phonies: they sometimes have wise insights but they don't live by them at all. That's what writers are like...you… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Do not be someone looking for [insert]. Be [insert] looking for someone. Suggestions for [insert]: —love —friendship —understanding —appreciation —tolerance —a helping… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Fortune, to show us her power in all things, and to abate our presumption, seeing she could not make fools wise, has… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I've never been told what to do by Fahadh. That because you are married to me, this is how you should be.… — Nazriya Nazim Copy Share Image
All people need to know how AIDS is transmitted, and every country has an obligation to educate its citizens. This is why… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Many wise and true sermons are preached us everyday by unconscious ministers in street, school, office, or home; even a fair table… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The wise speak only of what they know, Grima son of Galmod. A witless worm have you become. Therefore be silent, and… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
My parents inspire me every day. They are both incredible people that I love and look up to every day. Industry wise,… — Max Schneider Copy Share Image
No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
“He is wise who at last sees in suffering only the light that it sheds on his soul; and whose eyes never… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
What I am thinking and doing day by day is resistlessly shaping my future, — a future in which there is no… — Horatio Dresser Copy Share Image
The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility. — Rama Swami Copy Share Image
Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well. — Euripides Copy Share Image
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous. — Aesop Copy Share Image
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
One of the main differences between a FOOL and a WISE person is how they process moments of Godly correction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Becareful of the weird and bad names that you call other people with, It takes one to know one. — Tshepo Koos Copy Share Image
Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Do something that can worth you today and forever. Remember your past as a warned for your future. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems. — Cory Booker Copy Share Image