Quotes About Wise

If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife.

Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men.

The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere.

Stupid speaks loudly; he makes noise like pigs! Wise man speaks calmly; he makes sound like quiet lakes!

My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever.

Though the desire of fame be the last weakness Wise men put off.

The world has been made by fools that wise men may live in it.

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.

[Iggi Pop] is very self-taught, self-educated, but, man, that guy knows about so many things.

Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.

Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.

Honestly, I'm not an extravagant person, I don't spend a lot of money.

I've always been very sensible with money.

I'm a health-food junkie, so all of my food is a splurge, money-wise!

Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites.

What Nature bids is good, is wise, and faultless we obey.

It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races.

Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.

Politics are not an instrument for effecting social change; they are the art of making the inevitable appear to be a matter of wise human choice.

Could the straggling thoughts of individuals be collected, they would frequently form materials for wise and able men to improve into useful matter.

Life is part of negative, and full of positive only wise knows it.

The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.