Wise Quotes

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Law is nothing else but the best reason of wise men applied for ages to the transactions and business of mankind. — Abraham Lincoln
The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families… — Benjamin Franklin
The business of education has lay[ed] the foundations for nurseries of wise and good men, to adapt our modes of teaching to the peculiar form… — Benjamin Rush
A pipe is the fountain of contemplation, the source of pleasure, the companion of the wise; and the man who smokes, thinks like a philosopher… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Man has but little heeded the advice of the wise men. He has been - fatefully, if not willingly - less virtuous, less constant, less… — Ralph Bunche
... The idea of God, as meaning an infinitely intelligent, wise and good Being, arises from reflecting on the operations of our own mind, and… — David Hume
... superstitions, which, being unable to defend themselves on fair ground, raise these intangling brambles to cover and protect their weakness. Chased from the open… — David Hume
And through meditation comes wisdom - not through studying books, not through scriptures. Through scriptures one can become knowledgeable but no wise. and knowledgeable people… — Rajneesh
The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first. — Laozi
A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy. — Sun Tzu
If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The… — Sun Tzu
It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and… — Sun Tzu
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. — Sun Tzu
A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise manÂ´s wisdom even if he associates with a… — Dalai Lama
...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but… — Lyndon B. Johnson
In my daughter's eyes, I am a hero, I am strong and wise, and I know no fear, but the truth is plain to see,… — Martina McBride
The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise. — Tacitus
The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation to commit interests… — Alexander Hamilton
A government regulating itself by what is wise and just for the many, uninfluenced by the local and selfish views of the few who direct… — Thomas Jefferson
Celestial spirit that doth roll; The heart's sepulchral stone away, Be this our resurrection day, The singing Easter of the soul - O gentle Master… — Richard Le Gallienne

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