Quotes about wise
wise art knowledge
At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only because there was something useful in the inventions, but because he was thought wise and superior to the rest. But as more arts were invented, and some were directed to the necessities of life, others to its recreation, the inventors of the latter were always regarded as wiser than the inventors of the former, because their branches of knowledge did not aim at utility. Aristotle
wise humor men
The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.
wise honor
Everyone honors the wise.
wise men fool
The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.
wise men thinking
Think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.
wise people effort
People do not naturally become morally excellent or practically wise. They become so, if at all, only as the result of lifelong personal and community effort.
wise men details
The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail
wise pain philosophical
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
wise wisdom men
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
wise writing men
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
wise men thinking
Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do.
wise men yelling
A wise man will always allow a fool to rob him of ideas without yelling “Thief.” If he is wise he has not been impoverished. Nor has the fool been enriched. The thief flatters us by stealing. We flatter him by complaining. Ben Hecht
wise song together
There's only one proper way a song should go, but you've got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise. Sometimes it's lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up. Ben Harper
wise world littles
All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites. Ben Jonson
wise teaching men
Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.
wise teaching men
No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err, if he will take no others counsel but his own. But very few men are wise by their own counsel; or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself had a fool to his master.
wise fall pieces
Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves in pieces, ne'er to rise: And he that lends you pity, is not wise.
wise men may
No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
wise men two
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
wise famous-inspirational opportunity
Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity. Earl Nightingale
wise teacher attitude
Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers, and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on this one point that they are in complete and unanimous agreement. We become what we think about
wise opportunity risk
Security isn't what the wise person looks for; it's opportunity. And once we begin looking for that, we find it on every side. You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.
wise philosophy hero
It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
wise children father
A very wise father once remarked, that in the government of his children, he forbid as few things as possible; a wise legislature would do the same. It is folly to make laws on subjects beyond human prerogative, knowing that in the very nature of things they must be set aside. To make laws that man cannot and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt. It is very important in a republic, that the people should respect the laws, for if we throw them to the winds, what becomes of civil government?
wise country mean
We need some rules changes. This is an outrage that this, the oldest democracy has now, you know, ranked - when I say ranked 59th, it means that in the percentage of women, in our national parliament, our National Congress, is now ranks 59th from the top. That means 58 countries have more women than we do in percentage wise. Eleanor Smeal
wise people house
There's a lot of people I've encouraged and helped to get into the House of Commons. Looking at them now, I'm not so sure it was a wise thing to do. Edward Heath
wise kings eye
Nature Boy There was a boy A very strange enchanted boy They say he wandered very far, very far Over land and sea A little shy And sad of eye But very wise Was he And then one day A magic day he passed my way And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings This he said to me “The greatest thing You’ll ever learn Is just to love And be loved In return David Bowie
wise kings men
Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk. Charles Spurgeon
wise men blessing
Get a friend to tell you your faults, or better still, welcome an enemy who will watch you keenly and sting you savagely. What a blessing such an irritating critic will be to a wise man, what an intolerable nuisance to a fool!
wise heart hands
God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.
wise christian feelings
The true way for a Christian to live is to live entirely upon Christ... Christians have experiences and they have feelings, but, if they are wise, they never feed upon these things, but upon Christ, Himself.
wise prayer heart
God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart. When you are so weak that you cannot do much more than cry, you coin diamonds with both your eyes. The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything but his love.
wise wisdom knowledge
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.