Wisest Quotes

262 quotes by 201 authors

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest… — Francis Bacon
If we believe in a God at all, we must surely ascribe to him perfection of wisdom and perfection of goodness; we are then forced… — Annie Besant
The wisest of the wise may err. — Aeschylus
In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest. — Casey Affleck
The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom. — George W. Bush
Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good,… — Richard Cecil
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people. — Geoffrey Chaucer
I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others… — Maya Angelou
I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something. — Maya Angelou
It is clear that there must be difficulties for us in a revelation such as the Bible. If someone were to hand me a book… — Reuben Archer Torrey
The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the states are independent as to everything within themselves and united as… — Thomas Jefferson
Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness. — Thomas Jefferson
To paraphrase something the anthropologist Ashley Montagu once said, the way I change my life is to act as if I'm the person I want… — Bernie Siegel
The Gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation of life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them… — Benjamin Rush
Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to choose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it.… — Maya Angelou
Medicine being a compendium of the successive and contradictory mistakes of medical practitioners, when we summon the wisest of them to our aid, the chances… — Marcel Proust
No matter the barbs of fate that frustrate you, no matter how stacked against you the cards of fortune. . . . There is a… — Uell Stanley Andersen
It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most on Divine truth, that will prove the choicest, wisest, strongest Christian. — Joseph Hall
Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all. — Michel de Montaigne
All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include… — Friedrich August von Hayek

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