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wise art stars
[Wise men] have tried to understand our state of being, by grasping at its stars, or its arts, or its economics. But, if there is an underlying oneness of all things, it does not matter where we begin, whether with stars, or laws of supply and demand, or frogs, or Napoleon Bonaparte. One measures a circle, beginning anywhere. Charles Fort
wise vegas guy
When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great. Don Rickles
wise war preparation
It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war. Clara Barton
wise children speak
The Wise are silent, the Foolish speak, and children are thus led astray. Algernon Blackwood
wise fall men
[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than by virtue: The worst men always conspiring against them, they must fall, if the best have not power to preserve them. . . . [and] unless they be preserved in a great measure free from vices . . . . Algernon Sidney
wise hurt men
Machiavel, discoursing on these matters, finds virtue to be so essentially necessary to the establishment and preservation of liberty, that he thinks it impossible for a corrupted people to set up a good government, or for a tyranny to be introduced if they be virtuous; and makes this conclusion, 'That where the matter (that is, the body of the people) is not corrupted, tumults and disorders do not hurt; and where it is corrupted, good laws do no good:' which being confirmed by reason and experience, I think no wise man has ever contradicted him.
wise wisdom safety
There is no safety-net to protect against attraction. Algernon Charles Swinburne
wise may bases
You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom. Alfred North Whitehead
wise intelligent intelligence
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
intelligent men genius
A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues? Arthur Schopenhauer