Wiser Quotes

561 Wiser quotes by 433 unique authors

It is too often seen, that the wiser men are about the things of this world, the less wise they are about the things of… — Edmund Gibson
Perhaps we are wiser, less foolish and more far-seeing than we were two hundred years ago. But we are still imperfect in all these things,… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Viktor Frankl's timeless formula for survival. One of the classic psychiatric texts of our time, Man's Search for Meaning is a meditation on the irreducible… — Patricia J. Williams
Elizabeth was counting on Marco to keep cousin Mary occupied until after the board meeting was over. A piece of cheese might catch a mouse,… — Barbara Taylor Bradford
I said to this priest: 'Am I expected to believe that if I went out and had an affair that God was really going to… — Diana Dors
Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that are more remote. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Stronger by weakness, wiser men become. — Edmund Waller
Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry — Christopher Paolini
You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long, time. — Charlie Munger
I am ready to talk today. I have been in a great many councils, but I am no wiser. We are all sprung from a… — Chief Joseph
Our deepest, most painful wounds not only leave us with scars that we bear forever, but also, if we make our peace with them, leave… — Renita J. Weems
Doubt is my boon companion, the faithful St. Bernard ever at my side. Whether writing essays or just going about daily life, I am constantly… — Phillip Lopate
The change that I never fall into is the, 'I'm-above-you-look-at-me-do-stuff-for-me change.' The change that I'm hoping I get to is where I become wiser, smarter… — Jeremy Lin
At the end of one millennium and nine centuries of Christianity, it remains an unshakable assumption of the law in all Christian countries and of… — H. L. Mencken
To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth. — William Hazlitt
A limit on the automobile population of the United States would be the best of news for our cities. The end of automania would save… — Stewart Udall
There was never a wise saying that couldn't be made wiser by adding the words, "and vice-versa. — Robert Breault
If age, which is certainly Just as wicked as youth, look any wiser, It is only that youth is still able to believe It will… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing. The aphorist does not argue or explain, he asserts; and implicit in his assertion is a conviction… — Wystan Hugh Auden
It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce: It's fitter being sane than mad. — Robert Browning

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