Wise Quotes

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In a word, we may gather out of History a policy no less wise than I eternal; by the comparison and application of other mens… — Walter Raleigh
Human nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak and as strong,… — Abraham Lincoln
It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, "I will live." To-morrow's life is too late; live to-day. — Martial
What the poor need is not charity but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers. And what the rich need is a wise, honorable and just way… — Clarence Jordan
The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances. — Aristotle
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. — Fannie Hurst
The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but… — Charles Caleb Colton
It is well when the wise and the learned discover new truths; but how much better to diffuse the truths already discovered amongst the multitudes.… — Horace Mann
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. — Michel de Montaigne
There is oftentimes a great deal of knowledge where there is but little wisdom to improve that knowledge. It is not the most knowing Christian… — Thomas Brooks
The wise are wise only because they love. — Paulo Coelho
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love. — Erich Fromm
Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own… — Oscar Wilde
A hundred wise men have said in various ways that love transcends the power of death, and millions of fools have supposed that they meant… — Gene Wolfe
One should marry only when one is wise enough. Marriage is not for young people. For young people is to fool around. Marriage is for… — Rajneesh
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. — William Ralph Inge
A wise man can do no better than to turn from the churches and look up through the airy majesty of the wayside trees with… — Llewelyn Powys
He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his… — Samuel Adams
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful. — Seneca the Younger
I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making… — Benjamin Franklin

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