Quotes about wise
wise men quitting
He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. Samuel Johnson
wise brave prodigies
Fears of the brave and follies of the wise.
wise country wall
No wise man will go to live in the country, unless he has something to do which can be better done in the country. For instance, if he is to shut himself up for a year to study science, it is better to look out to the fields, than to an opposite wall. Then, if a man walks out in the country, there is nobody to keep him from walking in again: but if a man walks out in London, he is not sure when he will walk in again. A great city is, to be sure, the school for studying life.
wise gratitude children
I would injure no man, and should provoke no resentment. I would relieve every distress, and should enjoy the benedictions of gratitude. I would choose my friends among the wise and my wife among the virtuous, and therefore should be in no danger from treachery or unkindness. My children should by my care be learned and pious, and would repay to my age what their childhood had received.
wise grateful men
Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But for the same reason everyone is eager to instruct his neighbours. To be wise or to be virtuous is to buy dignity and importance at a high price; but when nothing is necessary to elevation but detection of the follies or faults of others, no man is so insensible to the voice of fame as to linger on the ground.
wise witty business
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
wise wisdom knowledge
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
wise men hands
No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had
wise reading being-wise
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
wise strong men
Let me live in my house by the side of the road, Where the race of men go by; They are good, they are bad; they are weak, they are strong, Wise, foolish,--so am I; Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat, Or hurl the cynic's ban? Let me live in my house by the side of the road, And be a friend to man. Sam Walter Foss
wise men steps
The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps. Robert Jordan
wise thinking advice
A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.
wise men faces
A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.
wise queens path
Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
wise knowledge missing
They're all so highly educated, you know. Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops, that there's a temptation to miss your own life in pursuing the lives of your betters. It makes you wise in some ways, but it can make you a blindfolded fool in others. Robertson Davies
wise men mind
Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.
wise temptation mind
He who has no mind to trade with the Devil should be so wise as to keep from his shop.
wise wisdom men
The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.
wise sunshine men
Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. Robert Southey
wise law judging
A wise judge, by the craft of the law, was never seduced from its purpose.
wise atheist eye
O Reader! hast thou eer stood to see The Holly-tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceies Its glossy leaes Ordered by an Intelligence so wise As might confound the Atheist's sophistries.
wise men good-man
A good man and a wise man may at times be angry with the world, at times grieved for it; but be sure no man was ever discontented with the world who did his duty in it.
wise lying wife
Times are changed with him who marries; there are no more by-path meadows, where you may innocently linger, but the road lies long and straight and dusty to the grave. Idleness, which is often becoming and even wise in the bachelor, begins to wear a different aspect when you have a wife to support. Robert Louis Stevenson
wise song jesus
Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.
wise horror modern
The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag. Robert Englund
wise true-friend life-is-short
We are all, in the private kingdom of our hearts, desperate for the company of a wise, true friend. Someone who isn’t embarrassed by our emotions, or her own, who recognizes that life is short and all that we have to offer, in the end, is love. Steve Almond
wise true-friend book
We need books...because we are all, in the private kingdoms of our hearts, desperate for the company of a wise, true friend.
wise men might
A MAN FEARED A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other. Stephen Crane
wise powerful purpose
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. Viktor E. Frankl
wise wisdom past
God lead us past the setting of the sun To wizard islands, of august surprise; God make our blunders wise. Vachel Lindsay
wise confusing language
This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor. Vaclav Havel
wise stars mean
He that resolves upon any great and good end, has, by that very resolution, scaled the chief barrier to it. He will find such resolution removing difficulties, searching out or making means, giving courage for despondency, and strength for weakness, and like the star to the wise men of old, ever guiding him nearer and nearer to perfection. Tryon Edwards
wise character opportunity
Mitch and I have known each other for such a long time, and we're both so pleased to be given this opportunity at this point in our lives to play characters that we've never really had a chance to play before. It's a great gift. Plus we're wise enough to appreciate it. Susan Sullivan