Quotes of: Wise-man Keyword

Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; but doing well is the wisest and best of all.

Persian

A father deserted by a wise son is like being caught in a shower without a felt.

Tibetan

With money in your pocket, you are wise, handsome and you sing well too.

Yiddish

He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.

The Dragonbone Chair

A strong woman builds her own world. She is one who is wise enough to know that it will attract the man she will gladly share it with.

How to Trust God When All Other Resources Have Failed

A man carries within him the germ of his most exceptional action; and if we wise people make eminent fools of ourselves on any particular occasion, we must endure the legitimate conclusion that we carry a few grains of folly to our ounce of wisdom.

Adam Bede

Paradox is beloved of novelists. The despised savior, the humane whore, the selfish man suddenly munificent, the wise fool, and the cowardly hero. Most writers spend their lives writing about unexpected malice in the supposedly virtuous, and unexpect...

Searching for Schindler: A Memoir

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew that it is the...

Socrates

I'm a wise Latina woman. Whatever, man. Thank God I'm not in politics, because the fact that you have to explain everything - I'd kill myself. I can't take all those little things they dissect. I'm like, 'Oh my God, get a life.' I don't have time for...

Justina Machado

The saviour answered...and said, If you want to be perfect, you will keep these teachings. If not, you deserve to be called ignorant. For a wise person cannot associate with a fool. The wise person is perfect in all wisdom, but to the fool, good and ...

Holy Bible: New International Version

There are five ways in which to become wise: be silent, listen, remember, grow older and study.

Arabian

Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise. Proverbs 17.28

Biblical

Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.

Biblical

Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world” (Acts 15:18). From the beginning God purposed to glorify Himself “in the Church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end” (Eph. 3:21). To this end, He created the ...

The Sovereignty of God

The fool who knows his folly Becomes wise by that fact. But the fool who thinks he's wise - He's called 'a fool' indeed!

The Dhammapada

We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.

The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good tomorrow.

The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

Akhenaton

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.

Killosophy

They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.

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