Wise Quotes
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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
Francis Bacon -
The Feminine force of life is often too wise for the Masculine's need to know: The mysterious energy of the evolving cosmos is always superior to our temporary scientific notions about it. . .
David Deida
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Baltasar Gracian -
I like all things natural, and I love being Indian. So clothes-wise, I love wearing Indian. Does my wearing a salwar kameez instead of a dress make me less of an actor, less of a person?
Vidya Balan -
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
Washington Allston -
Be wise with speed;A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Edward Young -
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
Chanakya -
I find that with period pieces, you're sort of able to really take advantage of what's around you because prop-wise, wardrobe-wise and location-wise, it's all so specific due to that time.
Hailee Steinfeld
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson -
For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
Damon Galgut -
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
Victor Hugo -
Your prudence, my wise friend, allows too little room for the mysterious whisperings of life.
Margaret Fuller -
Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?
Natalie Clifford Barney -
Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.
King Solomon
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Ignoring fame was my rebellion, in a funny way. I was insistent on being normal and doing normal things. It probably wasn't advisable to go to college in America and room with a complete stranger. And it probably wasn't wise to share a bathroom with eight other people in a coed dorm. Looking back, that was crazy.
Emma Watson -
First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
Adam McKay -
In the India I was growing up in, history wasn't really a wise career option. People would joke and say, 'History's okay, but what's your actual job?' I didn't come from a privileged background and couldn't afford to be irresponsible, so I did the pragmatic thing and did a MBA.
Amish Tripathi -
Through vigilance, restraint and control the wise will construct and island that no flood will overcome.
Gautama Buddha -
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
Epictetus -
Yes, as an oppressed people, American Indians have this epic burden, but first and foremost, they're human: sometimes a mess, sometimes funny or sad, at times very wise, and other times not wise at all - a lot like me.
Alexandra Fuller
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
Naguib Mahfouz -
Growing up as a dancer, the stage is really where I love to be performance wise.
Jacob Artist -
O sleepers! what a thing is slumber! Sleep resembles death. Ah, why then dost thou not work in such wise as that after death thou mayst retain a resemblance to perfect life, when, during life, thou art in sleep so like to the hapless dead?
Leonardo da Vinci -
My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
Keira Knightley