Top 1200 Being Wise Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

When a man is going to try and borrow money, it is wise to look prosperous

Don't do it, Eleanor told the little girl; insist on your cup of stars; once they have trapped you into being like everyone else you will never see your cup of stars again; don't do it; and the little girl glanced at her, and smiled a little subtle, dimpling, wholly comprehending smile, and shook her head stubbornly at the glass. Brave girl, Eleanor thought; wise, brave girl.

I'm always curious what the world is trying to tell story wise.

It makes sense to eat more veggies ecologically, and health-wise.

To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.

It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.

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

Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul.

Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.

They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down . . .

A fool does not see the same trees a wise man sees.

Wise men listen and laugh, while fools talk.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views

If she be fair and wise, fairness and wit, The one's for use, the other useth it.

I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.

Every calm and quiet place is the true temple of the wise man!

The wise man of Miletus thus declared the first of things is water

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.

Get real. Life is heavy. It's difficult. It's complex...even for the wise.

Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.

My brother calls me penny wise, pound foolish.

When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it's a test of will.

...a carefree letting go of oneself, not a caution, but a wise blindness.

There are two roads to every place, and the wise man chooses the pleasant one.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

If you are to be among the noble you must be noble. If you are to be among the wise, you must be wise, if you would be among the pure in heart, you must be pure in heart.

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

The wise man is he who is not surprised when he finds stale tea in a beautiful teapot!

While craving justice for ourselves, it is never wise to be unjust to others.

Getting all the things down game-management wise, that's what I want to excel at.

Those who are looking to seek power must make wise judgements.

Remember that in all miseries lamenting becomes fools, and action, wise folk.

Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise.

Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.

I've stayed in enough hotels so I really know what works and what doesn't design-wise.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

Fools live in fear, a wise man lives in strength.

The wise are known by their actions; fame and immortality are ever their attendants.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

I learned a lot, investigative methodology - wise, from litigators - watching their process.

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

I am not calling 'Aravindha' a wise movie because it's a blockbuster.

I don't do a lot of things business-wise. For the most part, I focus on what my job is and do that.

People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.

Notre Dame was the first school to offer me basketball-wise.

A very wise quote is a spectacular waterfall! When you see it, you feel its power!

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

Winter is dead; spring is crazy; summer is cheerful and autumn is wise!

Keep out of Chancery. It's being ground to bits in a slow mill; it's being roasted at a slow fire; it's being stung to death by single bees; it's being drowned by drops; it's going mad by grains.

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