Wise Quotes - Page 77

The gods never let us love and be wise at the same time.

It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

Cato used to assert that wise men profited more by fools than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools, but that fools would not imitate the good examples of wise men.

Silence is an answer to a wise man.

There was a Socratic style of life (which the Cynics were to imitate), and the Socratic dialogue was an exercise which brought Socrates' interlocutor to put himself in question, to take care of himself, and to make his soul as beautiful and wise as possible.

The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.

She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.

In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people; for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be the sagacious lawgiver, but the reasons for which are not sufficiently evident to enable him to persuade others to submit to them; and therefore do wise men, for the purpose of removing this difficulty, resort to divine authority.

There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear to befriend you when you are wealthy, but precious few will do the same when you are poor. If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent. Yet, poverty often brings out the true generosity in others.

The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

And, in addition to all the miseries, the young are not wise. They have very little understanding about life. Who wants to live every day when you don't know what's going on? When people are manipulating you, telling you to buy this perfume and you'll be beautiful, or this pair of jeans and you'll be sexy-and you believe them! It's such nonsense.

As a wise man once said: Wherever you go, there you are.

The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him wise forever.

There is but one genuine love potion - consideration.

For ocean, whale is a small fish; for wise man, small fish is an ocean! Sun, hides in the candle!

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.

No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

Happy is that mother whose ability to help her children continues on from babyhood and manhood into maturity. Blessed is the son who need not leave his mother at the threshold of the world's activities, but may always and everywhere have her blessing and her help. Thrice blessed are the son and the mother between whom there exists an association not only physical and affectional, but spiritual and intellectual, and broad and wise as is the scope of each being.

It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Celia [Brady] is a young woman who, you know, she's still got that fresh young vibe about her but at the same time she's quite wise beyond her years and very mature and she has that womanly, sexy quality, but at the same time she's very youthful in her clothes. She has that interesting mix between the two. I really love that balance about fashion.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.