Wise Quotes

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?

Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy.

It's a wise thing to hold back.

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

I'm not really wise. But I can be cranky.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

No man was ever wise by chance.

The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

The fool inherits, but the wise must get.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.

A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income levels should have easy access to them.