Quotes about wise
wise praise
Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
wise art secret
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty.
wise men thinking
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
wise wisdom height
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
wise men may
There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.
wise heart consistency
The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.
wise mind habit
It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.
wise faults satisfaction
Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.
wise gratitude may
No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them...
wise lying ridiculous
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
wise mistake errors
Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.
wise men fool
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.
wise men fool
Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable.
wise wisdom thinking
To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.
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.]
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 wisdom men
An ignorant man is always able to say yes or no immediately to any proposition. To a wise man, comparatively few things can be propounded which do not require a response with qualifications, with discriminations, with proportion.
wise men wicked
For never, never, wicked man was wise. Homer
wise color sensual
She spoke and loosened from her bosom the embroidered girdle of many colors into which all her allurements were fashioned. In it was love and int desire which steals the mind even of the wise.
wise wine men
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.