Wise Quotes

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To be wise and love exceeds man's might. — William Shakespeare
Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. — Ambrose Bierce
Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second… — Charles Dickens
ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind… — Ambrose Bierce
It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way. — French Proverb
With money in your pocket, you are wise, and you are handsome, and you sing well too. — Yiddish Proverb
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why… — Charles M. Schulz
The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions. — John A Simone Sr
The highest form of wisdom is kindness — The Talmud
Would you, my dear young friends, like to be inside with the five wise virgins, or outside, alone and in the dark with the five… — Unknown Author
Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in… — Socrates
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by… — Henry Louis Mencken
When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will not — Benjamin Franklin
Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise — Euripides
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books. — Chinese Proverbs
He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, and knows that he knows… — Persian Proverb
Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior. — Friedrich Nietzsche
If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird. — Jewish Proverb
All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man. — Henry David Thoreau
Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. Youre wise if you dont stick your finger in the… — Robert Altman
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. — Michel De Montaigne
What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman utters absurdities: we listen, and we hear not the absurdities… — Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - who knows who has written and where it is to be found. — A A Hodge
A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength. [Proverbs 24:5] — Bible

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