Wise Quotes
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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
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The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.
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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.
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Through vigilance, restraint and control the wise will construct and island that no flood will overcome.
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Growing up as a dancer, the stage is really where I love to be performance wise.
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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.
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He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
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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?
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The Apocrypha... ought to be bound up with all your Bibles; it contains much that is beautiful and wise, and there is in history nothing finer than the description of Eleazar's end.
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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page.
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We are placed in the genus of Homo, which is Latin for man - Homo sapiens: supposedly wise men. I sometimes think - wonder - whether we really are wise men.
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Logic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it for two purposes, to avail himself of those instruments that are really useful, and to admire the ingenuity with which those that are not so, are assorted and arranged.
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Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise.
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Answers make you wise, but questions make you human.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
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Rocking on a lazy billow With roaming eyes, Cushioned on a dreamy pillow, Thou art now wise. Wake the power within thee slumbering, Trim the plot that's in thy keeping, Thou wilt bless the task when reaping Sweet labour's prize.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who is fortunate and who is unfortunate?" He replied: "He was fortunate who ate and sowed, and he was unfortunate who died without having enjoyed.
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The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see from experience that the forecasts even of the wise almost always turn out false.
