Quotes about wise
wise men weight
Precedents deliberately established by wise men are entitled to great weight. They are evidence of truth, but only evidence...But a solitary precedent...which has never been reexamined, cannot be conclusive. Henry Clay
wise light trying
When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it. Henry Cloud
wise giving-up party
As a great part of the uneasiness of matrimony arises from mere trifles,, it would be wise in every young married man to enter into an agreement with his wife, that in all disputes of this kind the party who was most convinced they were right should always surrender the victory. By which means both would be more forward to give up the cause. Henry Fielding
wise hero character
...the act of eating,which hath by several wise men been considered as extremely mean and derogatory from the philosophic dignity, must be in some measure performed by the greatest prince, hero, or philosopher upon earth; nay, sometimes Nature hath been so frolicsome as to exact of these dignified characters a much more exorbitant share of this office than she hath obliged those of the lowest orders to perform.
wise men good-man
It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
wise trying storytelling
We actually try our best to be non-biased, but for me, that was the best movie ["Sicario"], filmmaking-wise and storytelling-wise, and connected to me the most. I thought it was great. John Krasinski
wise wisdom knows
Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise. Johann Kaspar Lavater
wise conscience
The conscience is more wise than science.
wise blood silence
Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent.
wise men games
It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.
wise mind restless
There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.
wise men errors
He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration.
wise lying fool
It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
wise book men
Beware of a man of one book.
wise years people
People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were.
wise men half
Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.
wise branches may
He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.
wise struggle iron
Everything in Irenaeus is bathed in a warm and radiant joy, a wise and majestic gentleness. His words of struggle are hard as iron and crystal clear, ... so penetrating that they cannot fail to enlighten the unbiased observer. Hans Urs von Balthasar
wise children writing
Thus, from admiration of one wise and innocent child, and from a misheard remark, the process that not even Aristotle could codify was triggered. Where do you get your ideas? I purposely mishear things. Harlan Ellison
wise would-be speech
By looking at a person's features, clothing, and speech, even Confucius would not be able to say what sort of a person he is. But by testing him in a position and seeing what he he does, even someone with so-so judgment would be able to know if he is wise or not. Han Fei
wise wisdom men
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. Grantland Rice
wise gun fire
See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can, see the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire, see the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired. Gordon Lightfoot
wise men wings
I have myself a poetical enthusiasm for pigs, and the paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings. But it is only men, especially wise men, who discuss whether pigs can fly; we have no particular proof that pigs ever discuss it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
wise men elderly
I would not say that old men grow wise, for men never grow wise; and many old men retain a very attractive childishness and cheerful innocence. Elderly people are often much more romantic than younger people, and sometimes even more adventurous, having begun to realize how many things they do not know.
wise essentials aristocracy
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
wise beach ocean
Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest.
wise silly princess
The wise old fairy tales never were so silly as to say that the prince and the princess lived peacefully ever afterwards. The fairy tales said that the prince and princess lived happily ever afterwards; and so they did. They lived happily, although it is very likely that from time to time they threw the furniture at each other.
wise wisdom men
A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher.
wise fitness health
Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend. John Dryden
wise dice fortune
Fortune confounds the wise, And when they least expect it turns the dice.
wise gambling fool
Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies.
wise may peculiar
The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional. John Marshall
wise conservatism ideals
Conservatism leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal. John Maynard Keynes