Wise Quotes
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.
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The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.
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Nothing wise was ever printed upon an apron.
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Wise books For half the truths they hold are honored tombs.
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Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
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And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these Ithacas mean.
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We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.
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Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
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In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak, and as strong; as silly and as wise; asbad and good.
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The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
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All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity.
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A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.
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A traveler's chief aim should be to make men wiser and better, and to improve their minds by the bad-as well as good example of what they deliver concerning foreign places.
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It's a very wise thing for people to rationally sit down and look at what the risks are not only on a daily basis, on a weekly basis, on a monthly basis, on a yearly basis, on a lifetime basis, and then plan one's life accordingly.
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If you are energy-efficient and water-wise at home, then take all your good habits abroad with you.
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Collecting shoes is my biggest hobby. I've got a couple hundred pairs of Nikes and Jordans. I got a lot of hats, too. I like to play basketball, but nothing competition wise.
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We've accomplished what we've wanted to accomplish, record-wise. But we're nowhere near where we should be or where we ought to be.
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Who is omnipotent or wise enough to decide each new standard of good taste? Or sensitivity?
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Special care should be taken of the health of the inhabitants, which will depend chiefly on the healthiness of the locality and of the quarter to which they are exposed, and secondly on the use of pure water; this latter point is by no means a secondary consideration. For the elements which we use the most and oftenest for the support of the body contribute most to health, and among those are water and air. Wherefore, in all wise states, if there is want of pure water, and the supply is not all equally good, the drinking water ought to be separated from that which is used for other purposes.
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To be smart, spend carefully. To be wise, save regularly. To be genius, give extravagantly.
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It's catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers.
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It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
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After all, China is our largest trading partner. As I said, country-wise, Russia trades the most with China. That is my first point.
