Wise Quotes

'It is not wise, I think, to mix private revenge with war.' 'Of course it's not wise, but it's bloody enjoyable. Enjoying yourself, Sergeant?' 'Never been happier, sir.'

Bernard Cornwell
- War
- Wise
- Revenge
My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub were the three wise men of our family bookshelf.

Michael Easton
- Books
- Loved
- Nervous

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

Friedrich Schiller
- Long
- Wise
The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.

William Hazlitt
- World
- Way
- Neighbour
Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.

Euripides
- Heart
- Wise
- God`s gift
There is as much wisdom in soliciting good counsel as in giving it. The most sensible people are not reluctant to consider the feelings of other people; and to know how to submit to the wise guidance of others is a kind of wisdom in itself.

Madeleine de Souvre
- People
- Good
- Giving
A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.

Bernie Siegel
- People
- Sick
- Dying
What is especially disturbing about the political left is that they seem to have no sense of the tragedy of the human condition. Instead, they tend to see the problems of the world as due to other people not being as wise or as noble as themselves.

Thomas Sowell
- People
- World
- Political