Wise Quotes

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.

It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.

Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over 30 fighters.

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

Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise.

The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch.

It is not government's job to mandate responsibility on our behalf. We have the intelligence and good sense to make wise consumption choices for ourselves and our children. It is up to us to do what is best for our health and our children's health.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

The wise are above books.

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids who have driven a hundred miles through the snow to see the band... to stand in front of the bandstand in an ecstasy all their own.

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.

Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to listen to her advice, and hastily married. In a few weeks, I had occasion to repent of the step I had taken, as the report proved true - a report which I thought justified, and indeed required, our separation.