153 quotes found
“The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.”
“Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.”
“Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.”
“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
“Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”
“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”
“Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.”
“I wasn't as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me 'How do you write?' I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just sm...”
“Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.”
“Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.”
“At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.”
“It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. ”
“Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.”
“Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.”
“Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.”
“Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.”
“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.”
“In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.”
“I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits.”
“Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression...”
