Quotes about wise
wise thinking sage
He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks. [Fr., Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit.] Francois de La Rochefoucauld
wise examination expediency
It is not expedient or wise to examine our friends too closely; few persons are raised in our esteem by a close examination.
wise art self
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self.
wise secret ridiculous
That conduct often seems ridiculous the secret reasons of which are wise and solid.
wise adversity brave
Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? let wisdom make thee a good gamester. In a fair gale, every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot; to bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit. Francis Quarles
wise gambling evil
If thy desire to raise thy fortunes encourage thy delights to the casts of fortune, be wise betimes, lest thou repent too late; what thou gettest, thou gainest by abused providence; what thou losest, thou losest by abused patience; what thou winnest is prodigally spent; what thou losest is prodigally lost; it is an evil trade that prodigally drives; and a bad voyage where the pilot is blind.
wise human-nature orthodox
Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
wise philosophy book
God hath given to mankind a common library, His creatures; to every man a proper book, himself being an abridgment of all others. If thou read with understanding, it will make thee a great master of philosophy, and a true servant of the divine Author: if thou but barely read, it will make thee thine own wise man and the Author's fool.
wise silence desire
If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.
wise humble views
If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if thou be wise, view the peacock's feathers with his feet, and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections.
wise firsts events
The wisest prophets make sure of the event first. Horace Walpole
wise half done
Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!
wise men fool
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools. Horace
wise strong freedom
Who then is free? the wise man who is lord over himself; Whom neither poverty nor death, nor chains alarm; strong to withstand his passions and despise honors, and who is completely finished and rounded off in himself.
wise knowledge land
It is well when the wise and the learned discover new truths; but how much better to diffuse the truths already discovered amongst the multitudes. Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power; and while a philosopher is discovering one new truth, millions of truths may be propagated amongst the people.... The whole land must be watered with the streams of knowledge. Horace Mann
wise art moving
Art is always the index of social vitality, the moving finger that records the destiny of a civilization. A wise statesman should keep an anxious eye on this graph, for it is more significant than a decline in exports or a fall in the value of a nation's currency. Herbert Read
wise phrases world
Once one is caught up into the material world not one person in ten thousand finds the time to form literary taste, to examine the validity of philosophic concepts for himself, or to form what, for lack of a better phrase, I might call the wise and tragic sense of life. F. Scott Fitzgerald
wise thinking brave
he used to think that he wanted to be good, he wanted to be kind, he wanted to be brave and wise, but it was all pretty difficult. He wanted to be loved, too, if he could fit it in.
wise wisdom becoming
The disadvantage of becoming wise is that you realize how foolish you've been. Evan Esar
wise wisdom unnecessary
A word to the wise is -- unnecessary.
wise wise-words ready
Be deeply satisfied and ready for more. Esther Hicks
wise life-lesson army
They were beaten to start with. They were beaten when they took them from their farms and put them in the army. That is why the peasant has wisdom, because he is defeated from the start. Put him in power and see how wise he is. Ernest Hemingway
wise
Time is the least thing we have.
wise simple men
This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence, but in a certain sense the whole; only this whole is not so constituted that it can be surveyed in one single glance. This, as we know, is what the Brahmins [wise men or priests in the Vedic tradition] express in that sacred, mystic formula which is yet really so simple and so clear; tat tvam asi, this is you. Or, again, in such words as “I am in the east and the west, I am above and below, I am this entire world. Erwin Schrodinger
wise voice instruction
A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction. Erwin McManus
wise pain joy
The wise healer endures the pain. Cry. Tears bring joy. Erykah Badu
wise order long
Nature will not let us stay in any one place for too long. She will let us stay just long enough to gather the experience necessary to the unfolding and advancement of the soul. This is a wise provision, for should we stay there too long, we would become too set, too rigid, too inflexible. Nature demands change in order that we may advance. Ernest Holmes
wise cat brave
Whitestorm was experienced, wise and brave. When Firestar had been made deputy, he had shown not a scrap of resentment that a lesser cat might have felt. He had supported him from the beginning, and he was the cat Firestar naturally turned to when he needed advice. Erin Hunter
wise bird owl
A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said the more he heard, let's emulate that wise old bird. Flann O'Brien
wise gratitude grateful
Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas, it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. [It is wise to be grateful of what we have while we have it.] Henry Moore
wise keys order
The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it. Henry Miller
wise men blessing
...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing.
wise strong love-you
You are the only woman who has a sense of gaiety, a wise tolerance - no more, you seem to urge me to betray you. I love you for that. [...] I don't know what to expect of you, but it is something in the way of a miracle. I am going to demand everything of you - even the impossible, because you encourage it. You are really strong. I even like your deceit, your treachery. It seems aristocratic to me.