Quotes About Wise

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. And if he is a writer wise enough to know it can't be done, then he is not a writer at all. A good writer always works at the impossible.

God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.

Father doesn't think very sudden, but he thinks awful strong.

My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to look after finances. I'm shrewd. Some people may call me tight.

For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man is quick at seizing advantages, and the stupid man has no fear of death.

Each pain makes you more strong, each betrayal more intelligent, every disappointment more skillful & each experience more wise.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

Thrift is of great revenue.

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.

The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?

The saving man becomes the free man.

The small amount of foolery wise men have makes a great show.

The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days.

Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy

He who brings trouble to his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise Proverbs 11:29

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

The shrewd may gain temporarily, but the wise gain permanently.