Wise Quotes

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Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. "Harpo my boy," he said,… — Harpo Marx
A wise one determines his own fate. — Janet Morris
The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interests them, and sometimes it's an ad. — Howard Gossage
There are a lot of great technicians in advertising. And unfortunately they talk the best game. They know all the rules ... but there's one… — William Bernbach
People don't buy from clowns. — Claude C. Hopkins
A wise saying is something you keep picking up off the floor in front of your fridge — Robert Breault
Who is wise in love, love most, say least. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
A fool has more ideas than a wise man can foresee. — Joseph Conrad
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. — Washington Allston
It's always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumption — C. West Churchman
We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no medicine at all-to abstain-to observe… — John Randolph of Roanoke
It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise. — Luc de Clapiers
History admires the wise, but elevates the brave. — Edmund Morris
That prayer has great power which a person makes with all his might. It makes a sour heart sweet, a sad heart merry, a poor… — Mechthild of Magdeburg
No man is bound to be rich or great, - no, nor to be wise; but every man is bound to be honest. — Unknown Author
There are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on honesty, not on falsehood; on… — Unknown Author
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read it in the… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
It's easier to be original and foolish than original and wise. — Gottfried Leibniz
Children are the keys of Paradise.They alone are good and wise, Because their thoughts, their very lives are prayer. — Richard Henry Stoddard
It is demonstrable from Geology that there was a period when no organic beings had existence: these organic beings must therefore have had a beginning… — William Buckland
The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest! — Henry Home, Lord Kames
Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools. — E. Haldeman-Julius
For 10 years, I'd been working as a freelance writer and editor, making money but not a living. It was a good arrangement family-wise, allowing… — Will Allison
The ultimate in disposing one's troops is to be without ascertainable shape. Then the most penetrating spies cannot pry in nor can the wise lay… — Sun Tzu
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not… — Euripides

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