Wise Quotes

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A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense. — Anatole France
Wise parents offer criticism only when asked, and then minimally. — Leonard Roy Frank
Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise. — John Webster
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. — Francis Bacon
Huddled in dirt the reasoning engine lies who was so proud, so witty, so wise. — John Wilman
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never — Spanish Proverb
The wisest man is he who does not believe he is wise — Proverb
The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own. — Leo Stein
A word to the wise ain't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice — Bill Cosby
The wise learn many things from their foes. — Aristophanes
No one acts more foolishly than a wise man in love. — Charles Dickens
The search of the young today is more specific than the ancient search for the Holy Grail. The search of the youth today is for… — William Orville Douglas
A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible… — George Grenville
The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. — Francis Bacon Sr
Wise men, though all laws were abolished, would lead the same lives — Aristophanes
Do you think yourself wise? Then there's a donkey inside your waistcoat — Charles H Spurgeon
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There… — Henry David Thoreau
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the… — Thomas Jefferson
We must annex those people. We can afflict them with our wise and beneficent government. We can introduce the novelty of thieves, all the way… — Mark Twain
It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding that it can hold men's hearts by hopes when it cannot by satisfaction. — Francis Bacon

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