Wise Quotes

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A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most… — William Cowper
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. — Miguel de Cervantes
We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
God is an ever-present spirit guiding all that happens to a wise and holy end. — David Hume
Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it. — Benjamin Franklin
Wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. — James Russell Lowell
Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor, and wise are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher
Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the… — Charles Caleb Colton
Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both. — William Hazlitt
He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a… — J.R.R. Tolkien
One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul. — Henry David Thoreau
A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own. — Benjamin Franklin
And while it has not pleased the Almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on, guided by the best… — Abraham Lincoln
We listen to those whom we know to be of the same opinion as ourselves, and we call them wise for being of it; but… — Walter Savage Landor
Nature never deserts the wise and pure; no plot so narrow, be but nature there; no waste so vacant, but may well employ each faculty… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and evil remains; for… — Thornton T. Munger
The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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