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Wise Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most…
- Our wise old church...has discovered that if you will act as if you believed belief will be given to you; if you pray with doubt,…
- I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man,…
- If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
More Wise Quotes
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. — Arthur Ashe
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of… — Saint Augustine
- It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. — Marcus Aurelius
- To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. — Marcus Aurelius
- It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. — Roger Babson