Wise Quotes
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The determinations of Providence are always wise, often inscrutable; and, though its decrees appear to bear hard upon us at times, is nevertheless meant for gracious purposes.
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Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said. "How peculiar.
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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
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And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
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If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today.
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The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
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You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.
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'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page.
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A wise traveler never depreciates their own country.
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The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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A man is a golden impossibility. The line he must walk is a hair's breadth. The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
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This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition.
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A role model for me is somebody who is really empathetic and has a calm strength to them. Sometimes you meet random people and they're really inspiring because they seem wise; they've gone through things.
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I don't see anything wrong with being alone, it feels great to me. People make a big thing about personal love. It doesn't have to be such a big thing. The same for living - people make a big thing about that too. But personal living and personal loving are the two things the Eastern-type wise men don't think about.
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Infrastructure is one of the core responsibilities of government and one that cannot be shortchanged by other controversial spending. I believe investment in infrastructure pays dividends for decades and is a wise investment of taxpayer dollars.
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To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
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My mother was a very wise and strong person.
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I did exhibitions with the Surrealists in Paris, c. 1929 because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada's.
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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
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The wise are wise only because they love.
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He that is rich is wise.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
