Top 1200 Becoming Wise Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

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Last updated on April 20, 2025.
A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth.
The government that is wise will consider what is best for all its people.
He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. — © Samuel Johnson
He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.
The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.
To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.
Fools make news, and wise men carry it.
He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.
Reckless action is worse than wise restraint.
I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man. — © Henry David Thoreau
I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.
You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.
A wise man's question contains half the answer.
It's not wise to just blindly copy what others are doing.
As a wise man once said: Wherever you go, there you are.
I always watch the Morecambe and Wise Christmas special.
Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
Wise man also fears a weak enemy.
So wise so young, they say, do never live long.
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.
Love's for fools wise enough to take a chance.
Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
I hold those wise who know how to be happy.
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
In the wise words of Mahatma Gandhi: have a sense of humor.
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.
Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
My favorite commentator, NBA-wise, is probably Doris Burke.
A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
Wise men have interpreted dreams, and the gods have laughed.
Wise men change, fools stay the same.
A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. — © Heinrich Heine
A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
Fools rush in where wise men fear to trade.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
It is not wise for Chinese to do things to artificially disrupt relations with the U.S.
Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
It is never too late to become reasonable and wise.
Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle. — © Norman Mailer
Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.
Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.
A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.
In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.
The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.
The community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man.
The people of western North Carolina are wise and discerning.
To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
Tinted Distances is the achievement of a wise and discerning poet.
It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.
Words are the counters of wise men, but the money of fools.
It takes a very wise man to act the fool.
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