Wise Men Quotes

207 Wise Men quotes by 168 unique authors

There is something which unites magic and applied science (technology) while separating them from the "wisdom" of earlier ages. For the wise men of old,… — C.S. Lewis
In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will pass.' — Benjamin Graham
The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single… — Robert South
To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style. — Roger Ascham
But we are pledged to set the world free. Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret. For in this enlightened… — Bram Stoker
I am old, yet I look at wise men and see that I am very young. I look over those stars yonder, and into the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of the Seven [wise men of Greece] was wont to say: That laws were like cobwebs, where the small flies are caught and the… — Francis Bacon
Our history is every human history; a black and gory business, with more scoundrels than wise men at the lead, and more louts than both… — Philip Wylie
Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities. — Plutarch
What I build upon I shall be told is a folly that wise men are not guilty of: I own it; but whilst it proceeds… — Sylvester Graham
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try. — Oscar Hammerstein II
The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere… — Henry David Thoreau
Wise men change, fools stay the same. — Kevin Gates
The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm or epigram; and… — Edwin Percy Whipple
The next step may be fatal to us. Let us then act like wise men, calmly look around us and consider what is best to… — Samuel Adams
Grace! It's Christmas for goodness sake! Think about the baby Jesus. Up in that tower letting his hair down, so that the three wise men… — Karen Walker
I have myself a poetical enthusiasm for pigs, and the paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings. But it is only men,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few giants… — William Hazlitt
One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about a hazardous business. — Richard Whately
A President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that American history marches forward. — Theodore White
One rabbi compared wise men studying the law to children tossing a ball to one another: a first sage said the meaning was this, another… — Israel Shenker
Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually… — Criss Jami
My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub… — Michael Easton
Wise men listen and laugh, while fools talk. — Curtis Jackson
For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the… — C.S. Lewis

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