Wise Quotes
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When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we are on the track of a lost novelist, a suppressed poet. . . indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
Virginia Woolf
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A wise woman keeps her hands firmly in her pockets and does not accidentally unzip anything, including her mouth.
Twinkle Khanna
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Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.
Sophocles
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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
Charles Caleb Colton
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He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.
Confucius
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When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, 'This is a wonderful speech,' said he; 'but he that saith it never heard the sound of trumpets.'
Plutarch
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You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are. Congress will do every thing they can to assist you in this wise intention.
George Washington
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Measures of policy are necessarily controlled by circumstances; and, consequently, what may be wise and expedient under certain circumstances might be eminently unwise and impolitic under different circumstances. To persist in acting in the same way under circumstances essentially different would be folly and obstinacy, and not consistency.
John C. Calhoun
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When I'm on the field, family-wise, family matters, whatever off-the-field issues, I'm not worried about.
Jason Pierre-Paul
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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
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Tis well to be merry and wise,
'Tis well to be honest and true;
It is best to be off with the old love,
Before you are on with the new.
Charles Robert Maturin
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Plato