Wise Quotes

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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world — Democritus
A little too abstract, a little too wise, It is time for us to kiss the earth again, It is time to let the leaves… — Robinson Jeffers
When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied,… — Epictetus
A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace. — Confucius
Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise. Think only what concerns thee and thy being; Dream not of… — John Milton
In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very… — Carson McCullers
In any case, the most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they… — Hermann Hesse
Can we try to be wise with each other for a very long time? — Rachel Cohn
He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who knew Him not.… — Albert Schweitzer
We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore… — Carl Jung
Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers,… — H. Rider Haggard
You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already… — Denis Diderot
It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old. — Patricia Briggs
The agnostic, the skeptic, is neurotic, but this does not imply a false philosophy; it implies the discovery of facts to which he does not… — Alan Watts
Sometimes love was not about winning, but about wise sacrifice and the realiability of friends like Arianne. Friendship, Roland realized, was its very own kind… — Lauren Kate
If I could wish the Kingslayer back in chains I would. You freed him without my knowledge or consent... but what you did, I know… — George R. R. Martin
If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter… — Bruce Sterling
Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the… — Bram Stoker
there is an imbalance of power. It is an imbalance that is easy to exploit, but it is not a wise course. Where there is… — Cassandra Clare
If she was suggesting she was too wise with the weight of her experience to fall prey to infatuation - well, the disproof was sitting… — Kristin Cashore
A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not… — Robert Jordan
Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction… — Louisa May Alcott
When you visit countries that don't nurture these kinds of ambitions, you can feel th absence of hope...people are reduced to worrying only about that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
A wise man once told me- he’s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than he does a… — Gregory David Roberts
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. — Unknown Author

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