Quotes About Wise

Clever is as clever does.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

Like those great sphinxes lounging through eternity in noble attitudes upon the desert sand, they gaze incuriously at nothing, calm and wise.

The choice we face is not, as many imagine, between heaven and hell. Rather, the choice is between heaven and this world. Even a fool would exchange hell for heaven; but only the wise will exchange this world for heaven.

One may speculate that perhaps in ancient times, the men who were wise enough to see that the immeasurable is the primary reality were also wise enough to see that measure is insight into a secondary and dependent but nonetheless necessary aspect of reality.

The more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

For folly that he wisely shows is fit; But wise men, folly-fallen, quite taint their wit.

My lord, wise men ne'er wail their present woes, But presently prevent the ways to wail.174

How little can we foresee the consequences either of wise or unwise action, of virtue or of malice! Without this measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

He's too clever to be wise, if that makes any sense. Very

But now there are rumours of plague and sweating sickness. It is not wise to allow crowds in the street, or pack bodies into indoor spaces.

Perhaps I am foolish, but I am not a fool.

He looked simultaneously very young and very old, as if all the past and future versions of himself were overlaid on his face.

A fool can throw a stone into a pond that a dozen wise men can't recover

You can consider me stubborn, but I think I'm really intelligent.

I'm not Mr. Goody-Good or anything, but I'm not stupid.

Should one see a wise man who, like a revealer of treasures, points out faults and reproves, let one associate with such a wise person for the benefits he shall receive.

When Ráva?, dreaded warrior, knew The slaughter of his giant crew: Ráva?, the king, whose name of fear Earth, hell, and heaven all shook to hear: He bade the fiend Márícha aid The vengeful plot his fury laid. In vain the wise Márícha tried To turn him from his course aside: Not Ráva?'s self, he said, might hope

Bounteous, and holy, just, and wise, Alone most fair to all men's eyes? Devoid of envy, firm, and sage

All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things, that the indolent man and the laborious man, the spendthrift and the economist, the imprudent and the wise, should obtain and enjoy an equal amount of goods.

Happiness is the secret of beauty. But who knows the secret of happiness? The wise woman keeps her cosmetics at hand.

If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you?

La diferencia entre listo e inteligente es bien sencilla. Al listo se le nota el esfuerzo.