Wise Quotes

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A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books. — Chinese Proverbs
He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, and knows that he knows… — Persian Proverb
Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior. — Friedrich Nietzsche
If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird. — Jewish Proverb
All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man. — Henry David Thoreau
Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. Youre wise if you dont stick your finger in the… — Robert Altman
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. — Michel De Montaigne
What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman utters absurdities: we listen, and we hear not the absurdities… — Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - who knows who has written and where it is to be found. — A A Hodge
A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength. [Proverbs 24:5] — Bible
There is nothing more beautiful in the world than a healthy wise old man — Lyn Yutang
Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise, roused the old to sensibility, and subdued the rigorous to… — Samuel Johnson
Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice. — Proverb
Water is the only drink for a wise man. — Henry David Thoreau
Thou god of our idolatry, the press. . . . Thou fountain, at which drink the good and wise; Thou ever-bubbling spring of endless lies;… — William Cowper
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. — Bible
Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there — Confucius
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: That say, Let him make speed,… — Bible
He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise. — Lao Tzu
Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise. — Thomas More

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