Wise Quotes

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For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and… — Alexander Pope
Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes. — Alexander Pope
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. — Billy Crystal
Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a… — Salvador Dali
In your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: which of the… — Sun Tzu
What enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge. — Sun Tzu
Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they… — Zhuge Liang
When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress to act. And… — Sun Tzu
Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have… — Desiderius Erasmus
What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass. — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it… — F. H. Bradley
Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of… — Thomas Browne
It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well. — Plutarch
The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The sage is quiet because he… — Zhuangzi
Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the… — Charles de Gaulle
Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural… — Beverley Nichols
The silence of a wise man is always meaningful. — Leo Strauss
Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. — Pope Boniface VIII
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is… — Sun Tzu
Good bones are important, so it is wise to go slowly and get your plan right before launching into a vital project. — Rosemary Verey

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