Wise Quotes · Page 83

Because of how much I've gone through, I want to say I'm more wise than my age.

— Alexis Ren

Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.

— Laozi

A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.

— Benjamin Franklin

Aquarius take pride in being wise and will take every opportunity to become even wiser.

— Anonymous

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

— Francis Bacon Sr

Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend.

— Lucian

The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.

— Walter Savage Landor

Boxing wise, I don't think there's anyone who can beat Fury. But Joshua is very good at combination fighting, a great finisher…

— Josh Taylor

In a democracy, people always vote for their alike! Pig for the pig, raven for the raven! Dull for the dull, wise…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The deepest words of the wise man teach us the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows or the…

— Antonio Machado

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

— Confucius

The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves…

— Plutarch

After all, China is our largest trading partner. As I said, country-wise, Russia trades the most with China. That is my first…

— Vladimir Putin

Emma Thompson and her husband, Greg Wise, have become citizens of Venice. I'm not sure whether it's just laziness, or fear of…

— Susanna Reid

“What you did tonight was clever,” Wit said. “You turned an attack into a promise. The wisest of men know that to…

— Brandon Sanderson

He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who…

— Albert Schweitzer

Far must thy researches go Wouldst thou learn the world to know; Thou must tempt the dark abyss Wouldst thou prove what…

— Friedrich Schiller

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its…

— Blaise Pascal

What we call music in our everyday language is only a miniature, which our intelligence has grasped from that music or harmony…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

“I am not a ‘wise man,’ nor . . . shall I ever be. And so require not from me that I…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

He sighed. It was a long sigh, weary and worldly-wise. The kind of sigh you could picture God heaving after six days…

— Neil Gaiman

Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is-or seems to be-a wise sort of thing, to realise that all that happens to a man in this life is…

— Herman Melville

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

— Thiruvalluvar

All of us do things for ourselves, so if you do things to please other people you won't be happy in the…

— Senoraroy

Putting is not an art, it's a dreaded evil. No wise man ever said that.

— Dan Jenkins

The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.

— Epicurus

You don't have to learn to be wise. If you just flow you can be successful. Mother Nature will carry you.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God.

— Warren W. Wiersbe

The Forty Rules of Love is a wise, joyous page-turner... and one that speaks urgently to our war-ravaged times.

— Thrity Umrigar

Yoda is interesting because, in addition to being wise, he is two feet tall, and a Yoda.

— Dan Harmon

A wise man seeks much counsel...a fool listens to all of it.

— Larry Burkett

Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.

— Ellen Langer

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

— Douglas Bader

But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.

— Alexander Pope

A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.

— David

“The mountains had their own time, and a wise man did not try to hurry them.”

— Diana Gabaldon

You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less

— Patrick Ness

To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.

— Euripides