Wise Quotes

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Be you wise and never sad, You will get your lovely lad. Never serious be, nor true, And your wish will come to you-- And… — Dorothy Parker
To look wise is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier. — Oscar Wilde
Have you never heard what the wise man say : all of the future exists in the past. — Truman Capote
The small amount of foolery wise men have makes a great show. — William Shakespeare
My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity. — George Bernard Shaw
Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably. — William Shakespeare
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge. — Confucius
Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up. — Stephen King
I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man,… — W. Somerset Maugham
Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful. — Ernest Hemingway
It isn't wise to be rude to one's mother. She knows everything about your childhood that is potentially embarassing. — Mercedes Lackey
A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment. — Frank Zappa
You have grown abominably lazy, and you like gossip, and waste time on frivolous things, you are contented to be petted and admired by silly… — Louisa May Alcott
Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word and look, Swift… — Dorothy Parker
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established — Confucius
I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it,… — Neil Gaiman
The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, "I feel this is right for me, I know that this… — Shel Silverstein
If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain! — Adolf Hitler
The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and… — Mortimer Adler
Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things. — Janette Oke
It is both revealing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book and mingle with the… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Why should you want to give up a child's wise not-understanding in exchange for defensiveness and scorn, since not-understanding is, after all, a way of… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect. — Mahatma Gandhi
Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise — which showed how young she was. — Lucy Maud Montgomery

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