Wise Quotes

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It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him. — Mark Twain
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so. — Alexander Pope
In the middle of a conversation, she'll frequently say something like, "Young people are heartless, they don't have any respect anymore." I nod agreement in… — Susanna Tamaro
Better is old wine than new, and old friends like-wise. — Charles Kingsley
See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved… — William Shakespeare
There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for. — Robin Williams
If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. — Confucius
The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with… — Confucius
Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame. — Confucius
One of the pitfalls about writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these wise-beyond-their-years creatures or… — John Green
How do you write? You write, man, you write, that's how, and you do it the way the old English walnut tree puts forth leaf… — William Saroyan
A wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom he wants to be co-opted… — David Brooks
He that will write well in any tongue must follow this counsel of Aristotle: to speak as the common people do, to think as wise… — Roger Ascham
Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me… — William Wordsworth
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of… — Samuel Johnson
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of… — Charles Dudley Warner
Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a… — Ben Jonson
Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties. — James Monroe
Nature herself makes the wise man rich. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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