Wise Quotes

4345 Wise quotes by 2060 unique authors

To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends too much money, that he is misunderstood or that he… — Helen Rowland
Throughout life, one does not miss any chance to hold onto the things that are really precious, if one is truly wise. — Ed Greenwood
Monstress is an exhilarating rollercoaster of a book. Deeply funny, heartbreaking, hopeful, philosophical, bawdy, and wise, Lysley Tenorio’s stories, written from the underbelly of the… — Unknown Author
Every wise man lives in an observatory. — Augustus William Hare
I'm wise to be a good steward, but I'll never be my own rescuer. The worth thing you can do with fear and anxiety is… — Matt Chandler
Money will never make you happy and happy will never make you money. That may be a wise crack, but I doubt it. — Morrie Ryskind
A child's death is really of less value than an adult's. I mean, what could you really accomplish in a year? Not much, and that's… — Zach Braff
Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration. — Izaak Walton
That two bodies press convulsively together, man and woman, he fertilizing her, he giving her a budding life, or he planting a seed, a seed… — Unknown Author
Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones. — Josh Billings
It is not wise [for Chinese] to do things to artificially disrupt relations with the U.S. — Jiang Zemin
The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he… — Laozi
I would go out into the desert. The desert was my teacher. I didn't know about gurus and wise people-I wasn't a reader. — Byron Katie
. . . Newton was an unquestioning believer in an all-wise creator of the universe, and in his own inability - like the boy on… — Isaac Newton
Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate belief which determines… — George Eliot
When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes. — Vinoba Bhave
Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good. — Laozi
We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and… — Philip Neri
Every type of destruction that human philosophy, human science, human reason, human art, human cunning, human force, and human brutality could bring to bear against… — Reuben Archer Torrey
The man who does not learn to wait upon the Lord and have his thoughts molded by Him will never possess that steady purpose and… — Unknown Author
THE POET A moody child and wildly wise Pursued the game with joyful eyes, Which chose, like meteors, their way, And rived the dark with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding… — Confucius
This is the first nation that organized government on the basis of universal liberty with a free Church and a free State. This meant much… — Unknown Author
No serious sociologist any longer believes that the voice of the people expresses any divine or specially wise and lofty idea. The voice of the… — Edward Bernays
By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum — Steve Albini

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