Best Wisest Proverbs
262 Wisest quotes by 197 unique authors
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You know, bud, I don’t know you from Adam, but that’s my baby sister you’re hanging on to. So I’m thinking the wisest course of…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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The wisest man would be the one richest in contradictions, who has, as it were, antennae for all types of men---as well as his great…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and…
— Douglas MacArthur
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Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
— Leo Tolstoy
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The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.
— Karen Marie Moning
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The boy heaved a sigh. "I would ask to go with you," he said, " but I have to finish my lessons. I so look…
— Lisa Kleypas
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I wonder if they realize how much I notice about them They probably haven't a clue because I never look at them or show the…
— John Marsden
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
— Leo Tolstoy
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She decided that her wisest course would be to put him out of her mind. After reaching this conclusion she lay thinking about him until…
— Georgette Heyer
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Heaven walks among us ordinarily muffled in such triple or tenfold disguises that the wisest are deceived and no one suspects the days to be…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What children we are, even the wisest! When God walks the earth, his steps are often centuries apart.
— Lew Wallace
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Sometimes, life threw up problems that even the wisest, most trusted mentor couldn't solve for you. It was part of the pain of growing up.…
— John Flanagan
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Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.
— Alethea Kontis
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The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So…
— George Carlin
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The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges that…
— Booker T. Washington
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Pretence about anything sometimes deceives the wisest and shrewdest man, but, however cunningly it is hidden, a child of the meanest capacity feels it and…
— Leo Tolstoy
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I never knew words could be so confusing," Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog's ear. "Only when you use…
— Norton Juster
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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.
— Jules Verne
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This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan…
— John Steinbeck
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In marriage we have a duty to God, our spuses, the world, and future generations. But we are sinners. A husband and wife need to…
— Mark Driscoll
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The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should…
— Erich Maria Remarque
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It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from…
— John C. Maxwell
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I value my own independence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than that of having another man perpetually directing and advising and…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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Time is the wisest counselor of all.
— Pericles
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