Wise Quotes

4345 Wise quotes by 2060 unique authors

Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis' in time; we… — Victor Hugo
Invisible threads are the strongest ties. — Friedrich Nietzsche
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it. — Oprah Winfrey
Adults always wonder what to say and how to say it when they're talking to a child. You want to be wise, but all you… — Robert Crais
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. — Samuel Butler
Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up. — Mick Jagger
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. — Paulo Coelho
So wise so young, they say, do never live long. — William Shakespeare
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. — Benjamin Franklin
People like you should be stopped, Mr. Woodrow,' she mused aloud, with a puzzled shake of her wise head. 'You think you're solving the world's… — John le Carre
And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive, like a mirage.… — Anton Chekhov
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet. — Mahatma Gandhi
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for… — John F. Kennedy
Again I take a taxi to Clichy address, but feel that I do not want to go on loving Henry more actively than he loves… — Anais Nin
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. — Mahatma Gandhi
Do not try to seem wise to others. — Epictetus
Juno MacGuff: Wise move. I know this girl who had a huge crazy freakout because she took too many behavioral meds at once. She took… — Diablo Cody
Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable. — Mahatma Gandhi
Whoever can't see the whole in every part plays at blind man's bluff. A wise man tastes the entire Tigris in every sip. — Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
The Calormens have dark faces and long beards. They wear flowing robes and orange-colored turbans, and they are a wise, wealthy, courteous, cruel and ancient… — C.S. Lewis
A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I believe when I am in the mood that all nature is full of people whom we cannot see, and that some of these are… — William Butler Yeats

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