Wise Quotes

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I believe that justice is instinct and innate, that the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing,… — Thomas Jefferson
I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue.… — Benjamin Franklin
You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you… — George Washington
If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst. — George Washington
Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. ... The common and continual… — George Washington
Could the straggling thoughts of individuals be collected, they would frequently form materials for wise and able men to improve into useful matter. — Thomas Paine
But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word… — J.R.R. Tolkien
It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good. — Henry Fielding
We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that… — Abraham Maslow
There will always be One against All, one person against all others. [This is so] not because One is terribly wise and All are terribly… — Hannah Arendt
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise — Euripides
For never, never, wicked man was wise. — Homer
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen — Pindar
Silence is an answer to a wise man. — Plutarch
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. — Plutarch
The truth is, part of me is every age. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in… — Morrie Schwartz
History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by language… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Better a life like a falling star, brief bright across the dark, than the long, long waiting of the immortals, loveless and cheerlessly wise. — Poul Anderson
I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the question:… — George R. R. Martin
A wise traveller never despises his own country. — Carlo Goldoni
Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity. — Andrew Carnegie
A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out. — Saul Bellow
Before us lie two paths - honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know… — Napoleon Hill
For a bowl of water give a goodly meal; For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal; For a simple penny pay thou back… — Mahatma Gandhi

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