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262 Wisest quotes by 197 unique authors

It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me to write one sentence at… — Jane Rule
Socrates... Whom well inspir'd the oracle pronounc'd Wisest of men. — John Milton
The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men. — John Heywood
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present… — Maya Angelou
The wisest thing to do with a fool is to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse to his fellow-citizens . Nothing chills nonsense… — Woodrow Wilson
The first priority will consist in restoring a sense of the acceptance of life as a gift from God. According to both Sacred Scripture and… — Pope Benedict XVI
The free market is not only a more efficient decision maker than even the wisest central planning body, but even more important, the free market… — Milton Friedman
The next step in mans evolution will be the survival of the wisest. — Deepak Chopra
The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Do not grieve. Misfortune will happen to the wisest and best of men. Death will come, always out of season. It is the command of… — Kent Nerburn
The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security in order to do… — Walter Lippmann
He [Jesus] was the greatest human being who has ever lived. He was a moral genius. His ethical sense was unique. He was the intrinsically… — Charles Templeton
The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is… — Henry David Thoreau
The wisest married men give in early. They get in touch with the wife side of themselves, and that's when they stop arguing. — Bill Cosby
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
The basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas will result in… — Fred M. Vinson
Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library. A company of the wisest and wittiest men that could be picked out of all civil… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
King Solomon, who supposedly was the wisest of all men, described his youth as his winter and his advanced years as his summer. We can… — Marianne Williamson
A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice. — Zoroaster
In such a strait the wisest may well be perplexed and the boldest staggered. — Edmund Burke
The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret. — Vincent de Paul
And he is oft the wisest manWho is not wise at all. — William Wordsworth
The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . . — Benjamin Disraeli
It's wisest always to be so clad that our friends need not ask us for our names. — James F. Cooper

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