We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself.

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene

Gratitude is the single greatest treasure I will take with me from this experience.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had

A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.

If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.

You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.

A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.

Intellectual is a parrot; wise man is a crow. One is repetitive; other is creative!

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.

That conduct often seems ridiculous the secret reasons of which are wise and solid.

It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.

Do the wise thing and the kind thing too, and make the best of us and not the worst.

Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God.

There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.

Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.

Silence is the adornment of the wise, and for the foolish the only dignity possible.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

I also like different records of mine for creative purposes and metaphorically wise.

There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.

I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.

I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.

Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.

Advertising in the final analysis should be news. If it is not news it is worthless.

Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.

There is in every truth a wise saying, and in every contradiction, two wise sayings.

Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom.

Every advance in knowledge brings us face to face with the mystery of our own being.

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

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