Wise Quotes

4345 Wise quotes by 2060 unique authors

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. — Herodotus
Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims. — Joyce Cary
The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me. When I see it lumbering down the mountain road… — Adriana Trigiani
A wise and clear-eyed book, Future Hype challenges the conventional wisdom about technological change and provides a fresh perspective on our so-called computer age. — Nicholas G. Carr
Nothing is concealed from the wise and sensible, while the unbelieving and unworthy cannot learn the secrets. — Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government. — Taylor Caldwell
For the wise men of old, the cardinal problem of human life was how to conform the soul to objective reality, and the solution was… — Peter Kreeft
Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and… — Francis Atterbury
We are not wise enough, pure enough, or strong enough to aim and sustain such a single motive over a lifetime. That way lies fanaticism… — Os Guinness
What audiences end up with word-wise is a hackneyed, completely derivative copy of old Hollywood romances, a movie that reeks of phoniness and lacks even… — Kenneth Turan
The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear. — Confucius
He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever. — John Tillotson
A road-wise folkie with a bluesy soul reminiscent of early Michelle Shocked, Melissa Crabtree is an original storyteller and performer not to be missed. — Catie Curtis
Men are not intelligent when it comes to cheating, but they're wise enough to choose a woman who will put up with it. — Michael Baisden
A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family,… — Chanakya
Blumenthal goes straight to the heart in these poems. Gorgeously wrought, surprising, true, wise, elegiac, they leave me with a sense of having listened to… — Lynn Freed
Subtle and literate, The Dance of Intimacy is like a long, revealing conversation with a wise and compassionate friend. — Maggie Scarf
A wise fellow who is also worthless always charms the rabble. — Euripides
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men. — Saadi
I'm learning how much I have to learn, how little I know, how fragile my understanding is. I'm learning to be thankful and patient; today… — Jon Foreman
When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me. — Jonathan Swift
Because he is; that is, because he is an infinitely glorious, good, wise, holy, powerful, righteous, self-subsisting , self-sufficient , and all-sufficient being; the fountain… — John Owen
A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order. — Napoleon Hill
The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with his… — Gore Vidal
Wise people prefer to benefit from constructive criticism rather than be ruined by false praise — Shiv Khera

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