Wise Quotes

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Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot. — Groucho Marx
Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. — Groucho Marx
She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon. — Groucho Marx
Either he's dead or my watch has stopped. — Groucho Marx
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. — John C. Maxwell
I'm a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They're great for you limber-wise, they're great… — Matthew McConaughey
Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness. — Bryant H. McGill
Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination. — Bryant H. McGill
A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that… — Jon Meacham
I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had. — Margaret Mead
There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think… — Herman Melville
No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. — H. L. Mencken
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. — H. L. Mencken
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. — H. L. Mencken
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by… — H. L. Mencken
God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whatever reason, we might have this… — Joyce Meyer
No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead… — Henry Miller
When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for. — John Milton
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. — Moliere
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself. — Michel de Montaigne
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. — Michel de Montaigne
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. — Baron de Montesquieu
The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You… — George Edward Moore
Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry. — George Jean Nathan
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know… — Reinhold Niebuhr

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