Wise Quotes

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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. — Herbert Spencer
The wise person understands that his own happiness must include the happiness of others. — Dennis Weaver
Wise people say nothing in dangerous times. — John Selden
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise. — Muhammad Ali
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for… — Miguel de Cervantes
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. — Bertolt Brecht
But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise. — Alexander Pope
How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many little imperceptible tugs, until his… — Arthur Conan Doyle
A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most… — William Cowper
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. — Miguel de Cervantes
We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
God is an ever-present spirit guiding all that happens to a wise and holy end. — David Hume
Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it. — Benjamin Franklin
Wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. — James Russell Lowell
Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor, and wise are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher
Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the… — Charles Caleb Colton
Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both. — William Hazlitt
He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a… — J.R.R. Tolkien
One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul. — Henry David Thoreau
A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own. — Benjamin Franklin

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