Wise Quotes

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It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person' in… — Criss Jami
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. Learn to become wise. Desire nothing, give up all desires and be… — Sivananda
Creation is quite impressionable. Everyone leaves a trail of their actions. And everyone, however wise, however powerful, however immortal, makes mistakes. All it requires is… — Ari Marmell
Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can. — Charles de Lint
Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be a swift reader… — Amos Bronson Alcott
A man is a golden impossibility. The line he must walk is a hair's breadth. The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise. — Marcus Aurelius
Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain… — William Wordsworth
The Old Testament contains fabulous elements. The New Testament consists mostly of teaching, not of narrative at all: but where it is narrative, it is,… — C.S. Lewis
Love is a volcano, the crater of which no wise man will approach too nearly, lest ... he should be swallowed up. — Charles Caleb Colton
The wise man has his follies, no less than the fool; but it has been said that herein lies the difference--the follies of the fool… — Charles Caleb Colton
A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he governeth the good,… — Robert Dodsley
We cannot expect to be happy always ... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise. — Hans Christian Andersen
It's quite a thing, if you've never been in or known a small southern town. The people are not particularly sophisticated, naturally. They're not worldly… — Harper Lee
A big 'thank you' to George Demetrion for helping readers see that the center does hold. A wise and winsome work. — Gabriel Fackre
The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on… — Bill Vaughan
Can an author with reason complain that he is cramped and shackled if he is not at liberty to publish blasphemy, bawdry, or sedition?; all… — Bill Vaughan
Unthought-of Frailties cheat us in the Wise. — Alexander Pope
Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven. — Euripides

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