Wise Quotes

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Ah Fate, cannot a man Be wise without a beard? East, West, from Beer to Dan, Say, was it never heard That wisdom might in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail. — Jean de la Bruyere
Be deeply satisfied and ready for more. — Esther Hicks
The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm or epigram; and… — Edwin Percy Whipple
Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about his country as his sweetheart, yet it would not be… — James Russell Lowell
We are somewhat amused by the hysteria manifest in the press at the suggestion by Gordon Liddy that if one is menaced by bad guys… — Jeff Cooper
No Senses stronger than his brain can bear. Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly: What… — Alexander Pope
Our sweetest hopes rise blooming. And then again are gone, They bloom and fade alternate, And so it goes rolling on. I know it, and… — Heinrich Heine
You cannot be anything if you want to be everything. But if you are content to be something, you may by analogy be many things. — Israel Zangwill
Only if you first seek inner forgiveness will your confrontation be temperate, wise, and gracious. Only when you have lost the need to see the… — Timothy Keller
A wealthy and wise man doesn't shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand. — Michael Bassey
Order is Heaven's first law; and this confessed, some are, and must be, greater than the rest, more rich, more wise; but who infers from… — Alexander Pope
We share a lot in common, attitude wise. — Alex Riley
The next step may be fatal to us. Let us then act like wise men, calmly look around us and consider what is best to… — Samuel Adams
Over the years I have photographed thousands of people. I have never stopped being curious and trying to discover new worlds. I have used my… — Joyce Tenneson
It is-or seems to be-a wise sort of thing, to realise that all that happens to a man in this life is only by way… — Herman Melville
My sweet rose, my delicate flower, my lily of lilies, it is perhaps in prison that I am going to test the power of love.… — Oscar Wilde
Those who hope to avoid all failure and misfortune are trying to live in a fairyland; wise people realistically accept failures as a part of… — Wilferd Peterson
We who live in this nervous age would be wise to meditate on our lives and our days long and often before the face of… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful. — Epicurus

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