Quotes about wise
wise military venture
Being, be bold and venture to be wise. Horace
wise men ignorant
It is certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught as men take diseases, one of another. William Shakespeare
wise art pain
Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain: Lest sorrow lend me words and words express, The manner of my pity-wanting pain...
wise philosophical men
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes, but presently prevent the ways to wail.
wise virtue worms
Therefore it is most expedient for the wise, if Don Worm (his conscience) find no impediment to the contrary, to be the trumpet of his own virtues, as I am to myself.
wise saws you-like-it
Full of wise saws and modern instances.
wise eye exercise
A Wise man knows that much of what he says and does is commonplace and trivial. His thoughts are not all solemn and sacred in his own eyes. He is able to laugh at himself and is not offended when others make him a subject whereon to exercise their wit. John Lancaster Spalding
wise lear has-beens
Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.
wise men thinking
Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise. Kurt Vonnegut
wise wisdom age
As you are old and reverend, you should be wise.
wise wisdom
The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole.
wise fall sunset
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
wise doubt tents
The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th' bottom of the worst.
wise play clouds
Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.
wise memorable design
See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.
wise sleep simple
I said that I loved the wise proverb, Brief, simple and deep; For it I'd exchange the great poem That sends us to sleep. Bryan Procter
wise autumn winter
Autumn is the very soul of metamorphosis, a time when the world is poised at the door of winter - which is the door of death - but has not yet fallen. It is a world of contradictions: a time of harvest and plenty but also of cold and hardship. Here we dwell in the midst of life, but we know most keenly that all things must pass away and shrivel. Autumn turns the world from one thing into another. The year is seasoned and wise but not yet decrepit or senile. Catherynne M. Valente
wise men paychecks
Jimmy Lee Baylis was a wise man, and knew better than to talk back to the man who signed his paycheck. Carl Hiaasen
wise men long
The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and Führer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity. Carl Jung
wise running play
The facts of nature cannot in the long run be violated. Penetrating and seeping through everything like water, they will undermine any system that fails to take account of them, and sooner or later they will bring about its downfall. But an authority wise enough in its statesmanship to give sufficient free play to nature - of which spirit is a part - need fear no premature decline.
wise art believe
Science is the art of creating suitable illusions which the fool believes or argues against, but the wise man enjoys for their beauty or their ingenuity, without being blind to the fact that they are human veils and curtains concealing the abysmal darkness of the unknowable
wise heart men
Only a fool is interested in other people's guilt, since he cannot alter it. The wise man learns only from his own guilt. He will ask himself: Who am I that all this should happen to me? To find the answer to this fateful question he will look into his own heart.
wise moving mindfulness
The unconscious process moves spiral-wise around a center, gradually getting closer, while the characteristics of the center grow more and more distinct.
wise truth philosophy
We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore it is wise to be as clear as possible about one's subjective principles. As the man is, so will be his ultimate truth.
wise mean guy
Our target market is recreational bettors, but that doesn't mean we expel the wise guys. A big bet for us is maybe $10,000. Calvin Ayre
wise preparation chinese
When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. Calvin Trillin
wise country party
It is necessary to have party organization if we are to have effective and efficient government. The only difference between a mob and a trained army is organization, and the only difference between a disorganized country and one that has the advantage of a wise and sound government is fundamentally a question of organization. Calvin Coolidge
wise wise-words relaxed
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything. Bill Murray
wise poverty wells
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. Bertolt Brecht
wise poverty curse
Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.
wise heart irritation
Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things? Irritations of the cuticle must not be confounded with heart failure. Benjamin Harrison
wise freedom believe
A democrat need not believe that the majority will always reach a wise decision. He should however believe in the necessity of accepting the decision of the majority, be it wise or unwise, until such a time that the majority reaches another decision. Bertrand Russell
wise night men
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.