Wise Quotes

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The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read. — Charles Caleb Colton
If martyrdom is now on the decline, it is not because martyrs are less zealous, but because martyr-mongers are more wise. The light of intellect… — Charles Caleb Colton
Oh, Love is the crooked thing, there is nobody wise enough to find out all that is in it, for he will be thinking about… — William Butler Yeats
Time can but make it easier to be wise / Though now it seems impossible, and so / All that you need is patience. — William Butler Yeats
Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For… — Martin Farquhar Tupper
Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not determine the quality of a child s education or success in the future… — Bob Wise
Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad. — William Rounseville Alger
Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden. — Thalassa Cruso
A person is both wise and wealthy when you master the art of appreciating what you already have. — Zelig Pliskin
The finest piece of mechanism in all the universe is the brain of man. The wise person develops his brain, and opens his mind to… — Alfred Armand Montapert
Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a wise and intuitive counselor available 24/7? You're in luck-you already have one. Your body! Our bodies carry ancient… — Sue Thoele
True friends see who we really are, hear our words and the feelings behind them, hold us in the safe harbor of their embrace, and… — Sue Thoele
Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn't exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn't wrong. Such… — Bodhidharma
The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard. — Luther Standing Bear
More often than not, in order to find truth, a wise man must suffer the ravings of the insane. There is no undiscovered truth to… — Derek R. Audette
At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The errors of a wise man are literally more instructive than the truths of a fool. The wise man travels in lofty, far-seeing regions; the… — Thomas Carlyle
Nature is the time-vesture of God that reveals Him to the wise, and hides him from the foolish. — Thomas Carlyle
The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas. — Joseph Addison
To be afraid of our next life because we don't feel we've done a good job with this life is not wise. It creates unhappiness… — Frederick Lenz

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