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The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki
A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice.
An ocean which thinks there is nothing to learn from a lake is not a wise ocean!
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
Wise teachers create an environment that encourages students to teach themselves
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
That's a wise substitution by Terry Venables: three fresh man, three fresh legs.
Usually, when you can't overcome the obstacles in your path, it's not your path.
The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!
The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole.
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.
Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.
Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend.
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living.
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
Not every light is a true light; To the wise the light of truth is light itself.
The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God.
Nonsense! The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.
A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance.
Think positively about yourself.... ask God who made you to keep on remaking you.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Without being legalistic, we should be careful and wise in all decisions we make.
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.
A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.
The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends
Man may his fate foresee, but not prevent. 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.
I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him.
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
In the end the reason for anything is inseparable from the reason for everything.
You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way.
One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise sayings.
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.
It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.
It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
Illness is merely the bitter, which a wise Providence mingles in the cup of life.
The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
When you are in love you are not wise; or, when you are wise you are not in love.
Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.
Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother.