Wise Quotes

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Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough. — Lord Chesterfield
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what… — Lydia M. Child
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once… — Agatha Christie
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. — Winston Churchill
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise. — Winston Churchill
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. — Beverly Cleary
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. — Paulo Coelho
A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim. — Maya Angelou
I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself… — Maya Angelou
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul. — Minna Antrim
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that… — Thomas Aquinas
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. — Thomas Aquinas
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. — Corazon Aquino
There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and at the same… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers, and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on… — Earl Nightingale
Your aspirations are your possibilities. — Samuel Johnson

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