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262 Wisest quotes by 197 unique authors

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses. — Pindar
The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Jed Diamond is, quite simply, one of the wisest men writing today on the topic of male emotional and physical health. — Michael Gurian
I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: Seize the Moment. Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet. — Erma Bombeck
Of all that writ, he was the wisest bard, who spoke this mighty truth- He that knew all that ever learning writ, Knew only this-that… — Aphra Behn
The most attractive sentences are not perhaps the wisest, but the surest and soundest. — Henry David Thoreau
This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention. — Mary Oliver
The wisest among us - the genuine leaders - smile in the face of adversity. — Robin Sharma
A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government. — Taylor Caldwell
When the devil wants to cause offense against the true doctrine and faith, he does not do so through insignificant people, who do not rate… — Martin Luther
In the world of the Middle East at the moment, the debates are shrill. But ... the wisest voice of all of them may well… — Neil MacGregor
There are plenty of fools in the world; but if they had not been sent for some wise purpose, they wouldn't have been here; and… — Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by… — James Anthony Froude
Essentialism is not about how to get more things done, it's about how to the get the right things done. It doesn't mean just doing… — Greg McKeown
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
The wisest thing to do if you’re living in hell is to make yourself comfortable. — Charles Bukowski
The gospel is so simple that small children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust… — Charles Hodge
In summoning even the wisest of physicians to our aid, it is probably that he is relying upon a scientific "truth", the error of which… — Marcel Proust
My love of dynamic complications often led me to avoid simplicity when perhaps it was the wisest choice. — Garry Kasparov
Sometimes it is really hard to sit in the single and go for a row. I think this is really normal. I, like probably a… — Xeno Muller
If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people. — Leo Tolstoy
Art is the uniting of the subjective with the objective, of nature with reason, of the unconscious with the conscious, and therefore art is the… — Leo Tolstoy
The idea of beauty is the fundamental idea of everything. In the world we see only distortions of the fundamental idea, but art, by imagination,… — Leo Tolstoy
Is it possible to say what one really feels? — Leo Tolstoy
It is especially appropriate to say that the greatest command, the most condensed philosophy, the wisest success-achieving advice ever given was given by a man… — Thomas Dreier

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