Wise Quotes

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In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer. — Oscar Wilde
Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never had. — Oscar Wilde
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. — Sandra Carey
The wise sees knowledge and action as one; they see truly — Bhagavad Gita
Before God we are equally wise and equally foolish. — Albert Einstein
To be wise and love exceeds man's might. — William Shakespeare
Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. — Ambrose Bierce
Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second… — Charles Dickens
ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind… — Ambrose Bierce
It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way. — French Proverb
With money in your pocket, you are wise, and you are handsome, and you sing well too. — Yiddish Proverb
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why… — Charles M Schulz
The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions. — John A Simone Sr
The highest form of wisdom is kindness — The Talmud
Would you, my dear young friends, like to be inside with the five wise virgins, or outside, alone and in the dark with the five… — Montagu Butler
Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in… — Socrates
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by… — Henry Louis Mencken
When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will not — Benjamin Franklin
Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise — Euripides

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