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The truly wise talk little about religion and are not given to taking sides on doctrinal issues. When they hear people advocating or opposing the… — George MacDonald
Convulsions in nature, disorders, prodigies, miracles, though the most opposite of the plan of a wise superintendent, impress mankind with the strongest sentiments of religion. — David Hume
Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected - that is essential. — Anna Gould
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools;… — Margaret of Valois
There are many questions which fools can ask that wise men cannot answer. — George Polya
We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school. — Charlotte Gray
The wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks too much like… — P.J. O'Rourke
All the pathos and irony of leaving one's youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy… — Paul Fussell
Without seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in any wise prepared… — John Ruskin
One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years. — Coventry Patmore
Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you. — Elvis Presley
A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance. — Henry David Thoreau
The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows. — Thomas Jefferson
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. — Gian Carlo Menotti
Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened. — Laozi
No man was ever wise by chance. — Seneca the Younger
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself. — William Shakespeare
Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies. — George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
He is wise that can make a friend of a foe. — John Ray
Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart. — Friedrich Schiller

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