Wise Quotes

4345 quotes by 2060 authors

I spend a lot of time in L.A., and I think it would probably be easier if I lived there work wise, but there's no… — Jeremy Irvine
My publishers are wonderful because they have let me write what I wanted to. They're wise enough to know that, with any author who's not… — Elizabeth Kostova
For you see, the face of destiny or luck or god that gives us war also gives us other kinds of pain: the loss of… — Le Ly Hayslip
Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
I said that I loved the wise proverb, Brief, simple and deep; For it I'd exchange the great poem That sends us to sleep. — Bryan Procter
A mind that wants to wander around a corner is an un-wise mind. Now, is, be here now. — George Harrison
Have I been wrong? Have I been wise to shut my eyes? — Natalie Merchant
People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them. — Augustus William Hare
Practical life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong: it also teaches us that people may differ and both be… — Augustus William Hare
Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses. — Oscar Wilde
Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Is bread the better for kneading? so is the heart. Knead it then by spiritual exercises; or God must knead it by afflictions. — Augustus William Hare
Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a part… — Augustus William Hare
What you are comes from the blood of those who set you on this journey. That is likewise unchangeable. What you see in the reflecting… — Joseph M. Marshall III
It's just a logical guess that they are very very wise to put someone from the old series in it, and if you had to… — Andreas Katsulas
The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred by Guy Finley is a very wise book, filled with inspiration to help you dramatically improve your life. I… — Daniel Amen
Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool. — Gautama Buddha
Sometimes Allah punishes and sometimes men have to do it, and it is a wise man who knows if it's Allah's turn or his own. — Zadie Smith
I don't think I'd be happy if I were satisfied. I enjoy challenge, and I wouldn't say that I'm an ambitious person career-wise or financially,… — Jason Isbell
Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too. — Robert A. Heinlein

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