Wise Quotes

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See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little. — Pope John XXIII
Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and… — Andrew Johnson
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in… — Samuel Johnson
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. — Samuel Johnson
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. — Samuel Johnson
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply… — Samuel Johnson
Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich. — Samuel Johnson
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement. — Samuel Johnson
Misery is almost always the result of thinking. — Joseph Joubert
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. — Carl Jung
We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing. — Leon Kass
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot… — John Keats
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. — Helen Keller
No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right. — Helen Keller
Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others. — John Maynard Keynes
Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never… — Omar Khayyam
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents. — Keira Knightley
Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots. — Karl Kraus
When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor… — Charles Kuralt

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