Wise Quotes
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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
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For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of justice; and this, because more than any other, it acquires a man power and authority among the common people. For they only honour the valiant and admire the wise, while in addition they also love just men, and put entire trust and confidence in them.
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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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The wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks too much like going for the draw and puts armed men out of countinence
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Trend-wise, I hope to keep bringing completely new collections to the industry that will make people think and defy the norm.
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Happy the days that have been consecrated to the remembrance of God, and blessed the hours which have been spent in praise of Him Who is the All-Wise.
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I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous.
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If the universe is so bad...how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator?
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Oh happy, (if his happiness he knows)The Countrey Swain! on whom kind Heav'n bestowsAt home all Riches that wise Nature needs;Whom the just Earth with easie plenty feeds.
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Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
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Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.
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A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge.
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I think a well-fit T-shirt and jeans can just kill, style-wise. At least, that's what I tell myself, because that's what I'm going to keep wearing till I die.
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You can put out an album and it could be totally out of the window as far as what you want to do performance-wise.
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It is not wise to neglect the present for the future, for who knows what the future will be?
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I'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot.
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Much has seen said of the wisdom of old age. Old age is wise, I grant, for itself, but not wise for the community. It is wise in declining new enterprises, for it has not the power nor the time to execute them; wise in shrinking from difficulty, for it has not the strength to overcome it; wise in avoiding danger, for it lacks the faculty of ready and swift action, by which dangers are parried and converted into advantages. But this is not wisdom for mankind at large, by whom new enterprises must be undertaken, dangers met, and difficulties surmounted.
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Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.
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Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest of such a fate, For that is my conception of hell-fire.
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I think taking care of yourself, health-wise, in every way, is a 100 percent winner.
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
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Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain: Lest sorrow lend me words and words express, The manner of my pity-wanting pain.
