Wise Quotes

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The fool who persists in his folly will become wise. — William Blake
The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise. — Aeschylus
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. — William Blake
The wisest of the wise may err. — Aeschylus
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. — Aesop
Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence… — Allan Bloom
'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid… — John Abbott
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left,… — Erma Bombeck
The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. — Andre Breton
Men are not conditioned to be less powerful than a woman. It will be the wise woman who realizes this and is sensitive to that… — Joyce Brothers
Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art… — Akhenaton
The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee. — Akhenaton
That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture! — Robert Browning
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. — Jean de la Bruyere
Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne. — Pearl S. Buck
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. — Warren Buffett
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. — Edmund Burke
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. — Amos Bronson Alcott
Be quick to learn and wise to know. — George Burns

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