Wise Quotes

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But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that… — Thomas Jefferson
That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for… — Benjamin Franklin
I will venture to assert that no combination of designing men under heaven will be capable of making a government unpopular which is in its… — Alexander Hamilton
The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of a… — Alexander Hamilton
The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now… — George Washington
Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who… — Saint Augustine
Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their taste or their humor, to once from their reason. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and only wise man,… — Desiderius Erasmus
Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky. — Alexander Pope
Bipartisanship on behalf of an imprudent policy can be folly, just as partisanship on behalf of a just cause can be wise. What is clear… — James M. Lindsay
The example of changing a constitution by assembling the wise men of the state, instead of assembling armies, will be worth as much to the… — Thomas Jefferson
It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people,… — George Washington
Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good. — Abraham Lincoln
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart. — Confucius
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. — Mark Twain
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. — Jean de la Bruyere
Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are… — Frank Moore Colby
Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of the fundamental laws,… — Alexander Hamilton
The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. — Samuel Smiles
Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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