A Quote by George Herbert

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes. [The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.]

George Herbert

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Doth Foolish Hand Mouth Speaks Wise

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George Herbert
British - Poet
April 3, 1593 - March 1, 1633

For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise; Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth flow.

Edmund Spenser

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.

Tennessee Williams

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Charles Caleb Colton

If one doth act in friendly wise, With no evil thought toward any single creature, And in so doing becometh proper, And if he have compassion in his soul Toward all living beings--this noble one Doth acquire abundant Virtue.

Gautama Buddha

Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.

Rumi

Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.

Allan Lokos

The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living.

Finley Peter Dunne

No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had

Samuel Johnson

A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed.

Robert Bloch

It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means pursuing our own interests in a narrow, shortsighted way. Being wise selfish means taking a broader view and recognizing that our own long-term individual interest lies in the welfare of everyone. Being wise selfish means being compassionate.

Dalai Lama

The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species it always acts right.

Edmund Burke

The why is plain as way to parish church: He that a fool doth very wisely hit Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob; if not, The wise man's folly is anatomiz'd Even by the squand'ring glances of the fool.

William Shakespeare

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

Anatole France

The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.

George Herbert

Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.' Eragon said. Why, little one, you just said something wise!'Saphira teased.