Wise Quotes

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To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise. — Saadi
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the… — Benjamin Franklin
I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor, so far as it in… — Abraham Lincoln
To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the… — Woodrow Wilson
To sense when a teenager needs understanding and when misunderstanding is a difficult and delicate task. The sad truth is that no matter how wise… — Haim Ginott
Wise parents know that fighting a teenager, like fighting a riptide, is inviting doom. — Haim Ginott
Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning. — Samuel Johnson
It is necessary to have party organization if we are to have effective and efficient government. The only difference between a mob and a trained… — Calvin Coolidge
In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more coming to share with each other as comrades, and really… — Richard Le Gallienne
Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to the wise, the light. But… — Henry Van Dyke
Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. — Alexander Pope
My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child — Louisa May Alcott
It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk. — Euripides
Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift. — Euripides
It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly. — Euripides
Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement. — Euripides
Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And… — Euripides
If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife. — Euripides
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife. — Sophocles
The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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