Adversity Quote by Marguerite Yourcenar

Why does Samuel Butler say, 'Wise men never say what they think of women'? Wise men never say anything else apparently.

— Virginia Woolf

Because of how much I've gone through, I want to say I'm more wise than my age.

— Alexis Ren

“[I]n speaking about someone's character, we do not say that he is wise or comprehending, but that he is gentle or moderate.”

— Aristotle

You do want people to say you're wise beyond your years and you know what you're doing. That's the age-equivalent of 'I'm not like…

— Taylor Tomlinson

“Such a pretty girl- to say such wise things.”

— The Love of The Last Tycoon

Just as a wise man can say something foolish, a fool can say something wise.

— Vincent Bugliosi

I wish I could say I was wise and clever, but I'm really not.

— Sheila Hancock

You've never suffered in your life and you say you're wise... Who is your Teacher?

— Anonymous

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

— Michael Reed

“We are wise women," Abuela liked to say. "Not because we are wise, but because we seek wisdom.”

— Charles de Lint

I have a gold bullion and a 'one additional minute for your life' in my hand; as a gift, if you choose the second…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions,…

— Anne Frank

A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.

— Benjamin Franklin

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and…

— Salvador Dali