Wise Quotes

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Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid, tolerant, wasteful, rich, downtrodden, gentle,… — Richard Bach
At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time. — Ovid
No man is wise enough to be another man's master. Each man's as good as the next -- if not a damn sight better. — Edward Abbey
The people who, during the election, were so wise, so moral, so perfect, now have no tendencies whatever; or if they have any, they are… — Frederic Bastiat
There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask. — George Jones
I believe that justice is instinct and innate, that the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing,… — Thomas Jefferson
I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue.… — Benjamin Franklin
You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you… — George Washington
If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst. — George Washington
Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. ... The common and continual… — George Washington
Could the straggling thoughts of individuals be collected, they would frequently form materials for wise and able men to improve into useful matter. — Thomas Paine
But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word… — J.R.R. Tolkien
It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good. — Henry Fielding
We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that… — Abraham Maslow
There will always be One against All, one person against all others. [This is so] not because One is terribly wise and All are terribly… — Hannah Arendt
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise — Euripides
For never, never, wicked man was wise. — Homer
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen — Pindar
Silence is an answer to a wise man. — Plutarch
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. — Plutarch

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