For ocean, whale is a small fish; for wise man, small fish is an ocean! Sun, hides in the candle!

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by!

The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility.

Fools rush in, where wise men never go, But wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know?

Develop the wise art of being radically truthful and remaining considerate, thoughtful, and safe.

A childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind.

The most colossal display of wise, inspiring, and humorous metaphors ever exhibited in one place.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

In the common run of mankind, for one that is wise and good you find ten of a contrary character.

What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.

All knowledge is interesting to a wise man, and the knowledge of nature is interesting to all men.

May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

Search for the secret stairs of the wise men; when you find them, lose no time to start ascending!

The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.

I'm not wise enough to know what is the right immigration policy for the United States of America.

If you tell me I'm sensible in addition to normal and wise, I'm going to punch you in the stomach.

Small improvements in the way you use your time can translate into major differences in your life.

Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.

Do you not know...that a child badly taught is farther from being wise than one not taught at all?

The wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the fad of a cynical and apathetic age.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.

Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made.

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

When the human being sings he lends expression to the great wise ways in which the world was made.

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.

Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur

The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.

There is a lot of territory out there still to explore TV-wise, show-wise, movie-wise, everything.

A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.

The friends of gold will have to be extremely wise and moderate if they are to avoid a revolution.

To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.

The only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesn’t teach us anything.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

A dull head thinks of no better way to show himself wise, than by suspecting everything in his way.

The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend himself.

Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

I read a lot, I write a lot, and I have conversations with people I think are intelligent and wise.

It is wise to remember that too much success in the stock market is in itself an excellent warning.

We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.

To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.

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