Wise Quotes

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We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school. — Charlotte Gray
The wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks too much like… — P.J. O'Rourke
All the pathos and irony of leaving one's youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy… — Paul Fussell
Without seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in any wise prepared… — John Ruskin
One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years. — Coventry Patmore
Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you. — Elvis Presley
A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance. — Henry David Thoreau
The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows. — Thomas Jefferson
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. — Gian Carlo Menotti
Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened. — Laozi
No man was ever wise by chance. — Seneca the Younger
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself. — William Shakespeare
Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies. — George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
He is wise that can make a friend of a foe. — John Ray
Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart. — Friedrich Schiller
Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing… — Dave Barry
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of… — Archibald Alexander Hodge
No one is wise by birth, for wisdom results from one own's efforts. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
If we study Japanese art, we see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time doing what? He studies a… — Vincent Van Gogh
To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness. — Robert Breault
The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine. — Hippocrates
Your choice of people to associate with, both personally and business-wise, is one of the most important choices you make. If you associate with turkeys,… — Brian Tracy
A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again.But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from… — Roy H. Williams
This Advent we look to the Wise Men to teach us where to focus our attention. We set our sights on things above, where God… — Unknown Author
A person is wise who does not only know what is right and wrong, but also he knows very well his own power not to… — Nirmala Srivastava

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