Wise Quotes - Page 117

The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .

I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

Think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.

The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he was not their countryman; the Mytilenaeans Sappho, though she was a woman; the Lacedaemonians actually made Chilon a member of their senate, though they are the least literary of men; the inhabitants of Lampsacus gave public burial to Anaxagoras, though he was an alien, and honour him even to this day.

The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail

Difficulties are just God's errands. If we are sent upon them, it is an evidence of His confidence. Therefore, let us be glad, be happy, for it is a way of being wise.

An enormously vast field lies between "God exists" and "there is no God." The truly wise man traverses it with great difficulty. A Russian knows one or the other of these two extremes, but is not interested in the middle ground. He usually knows nothing, or very little.

If we seek a positive outcome, we must begin with a positive attitude.

What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head. Baby-carriage, parasol, kitchen chair, still under control. Steady now! This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of.

The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate.

It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.

The finest piece of mechanism in all the universe is the brain of man. The wise person develops his brain, and opens his mind to the genius and spirit of the world's great ideas. He will feel inspired with the purest and noblest thoughts that have ever animated the spirit of humanity.

For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and taste.And frequent cups prolong the rich repast... Coffee (which makes the politician wise And see through all things with his half-shut eyes).

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it.

I have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.

Ah, yet, e'er I descend to th' grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true, Both wise, and both delightful too. And since Love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as Guardian angels are, Only belov'd and loving me.

Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

Oh, be wise, Thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.

Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!

Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.

I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing.