Wise Quotes
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Where are the leaders?' Sapphique asked. 'In the fortresses,' the swan replied. 'And the poets?' 'Lost in dreams of other worlds.' 'And the craftsmen?' 'Forging machines to challenge the darkness.' 'And the Wise, who made the world?' The swan lowered its black neck sadly. 'Dwindled to crones and sorcerers in towers.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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...he'll never lie - the man is far too wise.
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In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate in its government, it bids fair to be one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.
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Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary judicial power, instead of a limitation on all government power.
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Socrates argued that only God can be a sophist, only God can be truly wise.
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He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living.
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What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise, and, possessing all these qualities, to exercise them in the most graceful outward manner? Ought a gentleman to be a loyal son, a true husband, an honest father? Ought his life to be decent, his bills to be paid, his taste to be high and elegant, his aims in life lofty and noble?
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I think that the love of the really happy husband and wife—not purged of passion, but with passion heated to a white heat of intensity and purity and tenderness and consideration, and with many another feeling added thereto—is the loftiest and most ennobling influence that comes into the life of any man or woman, even loftier and more ennobling than the wise and tender love for children.
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Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.
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In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.
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A large number of deaf, crippled and blind people are afflicted solely through the malice of the demon. And one must in no wise doubt that plagues, fevers and every sort of evil come from him.
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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
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How wise are they that are but fools in love!
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A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
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We share a lot in common, attitude wise.
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Oh, I do not want to like him so much. Lust, yes. Not like. I don’t know him at all, but in this gesture I feel the heart of a lion, big and inclusive and wise. It tips open the closed doors of my life.
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The disadvantage of becoming wise is that you realize how foolish you've been.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
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Wise it is to comprehend the whole.
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No man ever became wise by chance.
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Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.
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The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.
