Wise Quotes

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'Tis folly to be wise. — Thomas Gray
He is not wise to me who is wise in words only, but he who is wise in deeds. — Saint Gregory
Sad and sweet and wise Here a child reposes; Dust is on his eyes, Quietly he lies - Satan, strew Roses. — Robert Williams Buchanan
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell! — Thomas Fuller
Words are the money of fools. Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon with them, but they are the money of fools. — Thomas Hobbes
Consider the birds. Be wise as serpents. — Hilda Doolittle
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age very quickly through… — Philip Dunne
It's been very nice. I haven't gotten out too much because we've been working a lot but other wise the people have been very nice… — Bo Derek
A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long. — Thomas Middleton
Maybe politically it wasn't wise but when people have different view points I think the public has a right to hear it and the public… — Scott McCallum
You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise,… — Larry Dixon
It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The Biblical world view sees Earth and its ecosystems as the effect of a wise God's creation and... therefore robust, resilient, and self-regulating, like the… — Christopher Monckton
You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it. — Terence
'Tis better to be fortunate than wise. — John Webster
At what point does CNN wise up and rein in 'Larry King Live' to save itself? — Phil Rosenthal
This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all… — Omar Sharif
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother — Voltaire
Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain: By this the… — Samuel Butler

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