Wise Quotes

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Praise and Prayer PRAISE is devotion fit for mighty minds, The diff'ring world's agreeing sacrifice; Where Heaven divided faiths united finds: But Prayer in various… — William Davenant
The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among us. He laughed… — Khalil Gibran
Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her. — William Wordsworth
The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid… — Robert Burns
Patience helps us to view imperfections in others more generously to the end that we may learn to be more wise than they have been. — Neal A. Maxwell
It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. — Jerome Cady
Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity. — Vartan Gregorian
Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one. — Seth Godin
Wise it is to comprehend the whole. — Neil Young
We are all wise for other people, none for himself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host… — Sakya Pandita
Let your critics make you humble, and your enemies make you wise. Learn from every stumble but let nothing keep you down, for you were… — Cory Booker
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness.… — Confucius
A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool. — Gautama Buddha
It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket. — Miguel de Cervantes
A fool does not see the same trees a wise man sees. — Rick Hilles
Anybody who has an identity problem had better wise up and get with the program! — Jack Handey
He is a wise man who seeks by every legitimate means to make all the money he can honestly, for money can do so many… — B. C. Forbes
He who is surety is never sure himself. Take advice, and never be security for more than you are quite willing to lose. Remember the… — Charles Spurgeon
Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold; beyond the world she soars; the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which… — Michelangelo

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