Wise Quotes
4345 quotes by 2060 authors
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There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.
— Samuel Richardson
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The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps rolling through my…
— Anthony Burgess
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If you agree with me that a poem can be as bountiful as a rich Victorian narrative, and as wise... then you'll want to join…
— Unknown Author
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Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.
— Oscar Hammerstein II
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My body is very wise; it knows how to heal itself.
— Louise Hay
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One becomes wise only in measures, as he goes through his own insanity.
— Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Many will, no doubt, prefer to retain old unsystematic names as far as possible, but it is easy to see that the desire to avoid…
— Henry Edward Armstrong
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The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere…
— Henry David Thoreau
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A general flat minimum-wage law for all industry is permissible, but I do not think that it is a particularly wise method of achieving the…
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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Who said I was wise? I’m a professional bad example. You can learn a lot by watching me. Or listening to me. Either one.
— Jubal
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When I know I have a huge shoot, I’ll just go into the sauna and steam out my face. Product-wise, I don’t really do much…
— Chanel Iman
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If you want to be a wise person, you need a Bible.
— Alistair Begg
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All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all…
— Walter Raleigh
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For me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet.
— Debby Ryan
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May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.
— Abraham Lincoln
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A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
— George Herbert
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It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.
— Patrick Rothfuss
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Wise men change, fools stay the same.
— Kevin Gates
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My goal every time I make a record is just to make the funkiest, the best music I could possibly make, both lyrically, and music-wise.
— Big Boi
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A person understands other's language only in tune with his attitude with most people all the time, so it's wise to act nice with individuals…
— Unknown Author
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