Wise Quotes

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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. — Jim Rohn
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. — Eleanor Roosevelt
A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says… — Helen Rowland
It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author. — Marquis de Sade
There's a lot of films that have relatively rigid road maps because they have a script and others that are less rigid because they have… — Gus Van Sant
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. — George Santayana
In Greece wise men speak and fools decide. — George Santayana
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long. — Friedrich Schiller
Compassion is the basis of morality. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite. — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is a wise father that knows his own child. — William Shakespeare
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention. — Franz Schubert
Tough times never last, but tough people do. — Robert H. Schuller
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more… — Charles M. Schulz
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind. — Albert Schweitzer

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