Wise Quotes

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Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living. — Finley Peter Dunne
When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle; when you talk to the ignorant, brag; when you talk to the sagacious, look very humble and ask… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Life is short - while we speak it flies; enjoy, then, the present, and forget the future; such is the moral of ancient poetry, a… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Wise men read very sharply all of your private history in your look and gait and behavior. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The art of sculpture is long ago perished to any real effect... it is the game of a rude and youthful people, and not the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I hold those wise who know how to be happy. — Ninon de L'Enclos
Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who is fortunate and… — Saadi
The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places, and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and amidst… — Isaac D'Israeli
The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone. — Benjamin Franklin
Seeing depends on knowledge / And knowledge, of course, on your college / But when you are erudite and wise / What matters is to… — Ernst Gombrich
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. — William Shakespeare
Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man. — William Shakespeare
Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us. — William Shakespeare
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand. — William Shakespeare
The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole. — William Shakespeare
We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!" Vain hopes that fall like flowers before the… — Richard Watson Gilder
I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool.… — William Blake
A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him. — William Penn
A coquette is a young lady of more beauty than sense, more accomplishments than learning, more charms not person than graces of mind, more admirers… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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