Wise Quotes

4345 quotes by 2190 authors

There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each encounter of love... In a… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies. — Edward Abbey
Courteous Reader, Astrology is one of the most ancient Sciences, held in high esteem of old, by the Wise and the Great. Formerly, no Prince… — Benjamin Franklin
There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be judged what thou art: let… — Walter Raleigh
Some tools of thought are so blunt that they are almost useless; others are so sharp that they are dangerous. But the wise man will… — Gregory Bateson
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. — Ben Jonson
A really wise man is feminine, receptive, passive. That's why Buddha looks so feminine. That quality of passiveness, that quality of receptivity... He is just… — Rajneesh
He is the wise man who has by perfect living gained the instinct of rightness by which he guides himself, whether in thought or action,… — Nilakanta Sri Ram
Is not every action of Hamlet induced by a fanatical impulse, which tells him that duty consists in revenge alone? And dose it need superhuman… — Maurice Maeterlinck
If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the… — Martin Luther
The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. — John Eric Erichsen
We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the reader's attention to the beneficent and wise laws established by the author of… — John Dalton
He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one. — John Wilmot
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. — Tobias Smollett
The girl who I will marry will have a heart so wise that in the hollow of her eyes my heart will want to tarry.… — Jacques Brel
The rich man can afford to be happy and wise; the poor man is wiser still, for he understands sadness. — William Henry Chase
Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools. — David C. Stark
...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing. — Henry Miller
Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties. — Emil Nolde
It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it… — Rebecca Harding Davis

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