Wise Quotes

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Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others? — Voltaire
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. — Lao Tzu
He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin. — Horace
During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see… — Brian Koslow
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise. — Voltaire
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. — Thomas Fuller
Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it… — Hal Borland
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise. — Horace
When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom. — John Gray
A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn. — John Lubbock
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. — Mary Wilson Little
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling… — Lucinda Franks
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among… — Plato
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. — Quintilian
A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart. — Jonathan Swift
The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself. — Anna Jameson
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them. — Isaac D'Israeli
Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. — James Beattie
The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life. — John Chrysostom
Wise men argue causes; fools decide them. — Anacharsis
A word to the wise is enough. — Plautus
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive. — Wilbur Wright
The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty… — William Hall
Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. — Robert South
Yet with great toil all that I can attain by long experience, and in learned schools, is for to know my knowledge is but vain,… — William Alexander

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