Wise Quotes
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We are not joining the coalition of the idiots. We are joining the coalition of the wise.
Carolyn Parrish
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief, and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world.
William Cowper
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Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.
Euripides
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I had now-not for the first time, nor the thousandth-trampled upon an old and wise and stern maxim of mine, to wit: 'Supposing is good, but finding out is better.'
Mark Twain
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The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
Lao Tzu
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The Mask "Put off that mask of burning gold With emerald eyes." "O no, my dear, you make so bold To find if hearts be wild and wise, And yet not cold." "I would but find what's there to find, Love or deceit." "It was the mask engaged your mind, And after set your heart to beat, Not what's behind." "But lest you are my enemy, I must enquire." "O no, my dear, let all that be, What matter, so there is but fire In you, in me?"
William Butler Yeats
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It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
Plutarch
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From our humble beginning as a supply town for miners, to the national leader in smart growth and environmental stewardship we are today, Boulder has always been dedicated to the careful balance of entrepreneurship and wise land use.
Jared Polis
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A person can be educated and still be stupid, and a wise man can have no education at all.
Jennifer A. Nielsen
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The assembled souls of all that men held wise.
William Davenant
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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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If I could be generous and move forward and spread my feelers business-wise and also creatively, that's the best position to put myself in.
Jon Bellion
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I spend a lot of time in L.A., and I think it would probably be easier if I lived there work wise, but there's no city like London, there is so much going on. I can jump on the Tube and be anywhere in 20 minutes, and all my friends and family are here and I'm not prepared to give that up.
Jeremy Irvine
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There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
William Shakespeare
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He that winneth souls is wise (Proverbs 11:30) - Those are the best educated ministers, who win the most souls.
Charles Grandison Finney
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Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both.
William Hazlitt
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
Plato
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The road, lyric-wise, is a trap, and a bore. Maybe it's interesting to me, but I don't think it's a connecting thing with other humans. What is there to write about? Truck stops, hotels, clubs?
Dean Wareham
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Yes, there are parallels. The difference is that I just look at [my son] David and think that he's absolutely perfect, whereas you look at the finished book and you think, 'Oh, damn it, I should have changed that.' You're never happy. Whereas with a baby, you're happy. If you've got a perfect baby, you're just grateful.
Joanne Rowling
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The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.
Dennis Prager
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Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.
Plato
