Wise Quotes

4345 quotes by 2190 authors

...there is no such thing as a charmed life, not for any of us, no matter where we live or how mindfully we attend to… — Katrina Kenison
Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the… — Lord Dunsany
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why does Samuel Butler say, 'Wise men never say what they think of women'? Wise men never say anything else apparently. — Virginia Woolf
Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole… — Ramakrishna
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. — Albert Einstein
Even the wise need wisdom. — Sara Evans
This conflict between right and fact has endured since the origins of society. To bring the duel to an end, to consolidate the pure ideal… — Victor Hugo
Clary grinned. "A picnic? It's a little late for Central Park, don't you think? It's full of-" He waved a hand. "Faeries. I know." "I… — Cassandra Clare
he used to think that he wanted to be good, he wanted to be kind, he wanted to be brave and wise, but it was… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I could hardly get a boy to look at me. All right, they'd look, they'd even take me out, but no one asked for a… — Alice Hoffman
In the days of Moses and the prophets such a man would have been counted among the wise men of the land; in the Middle… — Hans Christian Andersen
Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course. — Steven Erikson
Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose! — Karl Lagerfeld
I watched the gorilla's eyes again, wise and knowing eyes, and wondered about this business of trying to teach apes language. Our language. Why? There… — Douglas Adams
Laughing is just another way of showing people your wise — E E Cummings
The wise needn't ask, the fool asks in vain. — Ursula K. Le Guin
He's waiting for yu, young queen.' Shocked, I stared at Seoras. 'Heath?' The Warrior's look was wise and understanding - his voice gentle. 'Aye, yur… — P. C. Cast
You can never be wise unless you love reading. — Samuel Johnson
Learn everything you can - everything. And then use all that you have learned to grow up too be a wise and good man. — Gary D. Schmidt

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