He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.
Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
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.
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.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!
I'm not wise enough to know what is the right immigration policy for the United States of America.
Women have more energy, for a greater number of years, than men. Men, as they age, become either more wise or more stupid.
Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.
A word to the wise is infuriating.
The wisest of the wise may err.
True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances.
With regard to electric vehicles, I am all for them because most of the incremental electricity needed to run those vehicles will come from gas-fired electric generation. However, I do not believe it is wise for America to substitute dependence on foreign oil for dependence on Chinese batteries.
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.
It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher.
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
Nationalism in Norway was very strong in 1905, that we must be free of Sweden. But I must say, I'm not 100 percent sure that was a wise decision. We had the war; we were occupied by Germans from 1940 to '45. And if there had been one Scandinavian country, then it would not have been so very easy probably to go ahead with the occupation.
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise.
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
It's just a logical guess that they are very very wise to put someone from the old series in it, and if you had to choose, it would be a very difficult decision.
But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.
The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
You'll have to forgive me this boldness, but I think women are very fortunate that men exist! The gods are very wise and certainly knew what they were doing. They created the sun and the moon, light and darkness, the eagle and the serpent, all for the same reason. They are perfect complements and the mechanism we use to reach heaven.
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
Tony Curtis was a joy to work with. He had a curious innocence that is very young and wise at the same time.
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
