Wise Quotes

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Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. — Robert South
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both;… — Seneca the Younger
From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise — Samuel Johnson
We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition - the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden to 'smoke out'… — Savielly Tartakower
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars, monks, or the… — Hermann Hesse
Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it. — Mark Twain
What this misguided world and generation needs is a massive group of courageous and caring, wise and unwearying women. — Elaine A. Cannon
There's always time. . .to own up to things you're ashamed of, to change them. There's always time to start. And I think the starting… — Peter Danielson
Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to listen to her advice, and hastily married. In a few weeks, I had occasion to repent of the… — Maria Monk
No one is wise at all times. — Pliny the Elder
I could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that we were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial… — Thomas Browne
Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not… — Samuel Johnson
So, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened. — Robin Sharma
If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life. — Seneca the Younger
That distrust which intrudes so often on your mind is a mode of melancholy, which, if it be the business of a wise man to… — Samuel Johnson
The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends — Benjamin Franklin
No man ever became wise by chance. — Seneca the Younger
No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them... — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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