Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected.
The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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.
Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.
I remember being wise beyond my years when I was little.
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
In my wide travels across the world and my meetings with various heads of states, be that Africa or South Asia, Singapore or in high level meetings in the U.S., U.K. or Japan, one common mention is about Dr. Singh's extraordinary reputation as a Wise Man, an outstanding Economist and a fine Gentleman.
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
I have always been fascinated with romance and the fact that it is so effortless when we first fall in love but how it then becomes a conscious effort to stay creative and connected. Thats why I always say, 'Get wise: keep your romance alive.'
Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.
It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
Collecting shoes is my biggest hobby. I've got a couple hundred pairs of Nikes and Jordans. I got a lot of hats, too. I like to play basketball, but nothing competition wise.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
I think humanity is not wise enough to know what genotype or somatype is going to be the most successful or the most fit - simply because we're not fully in control of our environment.
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple.
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.
God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates?
