Famous Quotes & Sayings

It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.

A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.

When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.

Alexander Hamilton

Good and wise men, in all ages, have embraced a very dissimilar theory. They have supposed that the deity, from the relations we stand in to himself and to each other, has constituted an eternal and immutable law, which is indispensably obligatory upon all mankind, prior to any human institution whatever. This is what is called the law of nature....Upon this law depend the natural rights of mankind.

Alexander Hamilton

The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation to commit interests of so delicate and momentous a kind as those which concern its intercourse with the rest of the world, to the sole disposal of a magistrate, created and circumstanced, as would be a president of the United States.

Alexander Hamilton

Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of the fundamental laws, though dictated by necessity, impairs that sacred reverence which ought to be maintained in the breast of rulers towards the constitution of a country.

Adolf Hitler

Consequently, the value and importance of the monarchic idea cannot reside in the person of the monarch himself except if Heaven decides to lay the crown on the brow of the heroic genius like Frederick the Great or a wise character like William I.

Adolf Hitler

For there is one thing we must never forget... the majority can never replace the man. And no more than a hundred empty heads make one wise man will an heroic decision arise from a hundred cowards.

Alexander Turney Stewart

You must be wise, but not too wise.

Alexander Turney Stewart

You will deal with ignorant, opinionated and innocent people. You will often have an opportunity to cheat them. If they could, they would cheat you, or force you to sell at less than cost. You must be wise, but not too wise. You must never actually cheat the customer, even if you can. You must make her happy and satisfied, so she will come back.

Alexander Smith

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.

The wise man does nothing but what can be done openly and without falseness, nor does he do anything whereby he may involve himself in any wrong-doing, even where he may escape notice. For he is guilty in his own eyes before being so in the eyes of others; and the publicity of his crime does not bring him more shame than his own consciousness of it.

Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.

Adam Clarke

The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.

Abraham Lincoln

And while it has not pleased the Almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on, guided by the best light He gives, trusting that in His own good time, and wise way, all will yet be well.

Abraham Lincoln

May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

Ani Difranco

My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to commit them to the page...that way was kind of intimidating to me, yet intriguing, to try to reflect the rhythms and connotations and emotions that you can deliver, speaking-wise, on a page.

Andy Griffith

I'm not really wise. But I can be cranky.

Ally Carter

It was so rare to find someone who was both so young and so wise, both so fresh and so jaded.

Ally Carter

Someday you will know that the heart is not always as wise as it is strong. - Uncle Eddie

Ann Druyan

The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make become increasingly complex. They require the longer-term thinking and greater tolerance for ambiguity that science fosters. The new economy is predicated on a continuous pipeline of scientific and technological innovation. It can not exist without workers and consumers who are mathematically and scientifically literate.

Amanda Bynes

I think you have to embrace being a role model because you are in the public eye, and whether you like it or not, people are going to be affected by you positively or negatively, ... Public-wise, I really wouldnt do anything that would be detrimental to anybody else or to myself. And to a certain extent, I try to watch out and try not to do anything that would be bad for kids to see.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Aesop

It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

Aesop

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.

Aeschylus

Truly even he errs that is wiser than the wise.

Aeschylus

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

Aeschylus

The wisest of the wise may err.

A. J. Jacobs

It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?

A. J. Jacobs

I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.

A. N. Wilson

I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.

A. A. Milne

Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.