Wise Quotes
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare
When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence.
Unknown
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother.
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives
Maya Angelou
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them: "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden.
Augustine
I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.
Henry David Thoreau
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.
Marguerite de Valois
And wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
Alexander Pope
Etiquette is the invention of wise men to keep fools at a distance.
Sir Richard Steele
Seamen three! what men be ye? Gotham's three Wise Men we be. Whither in your bowl so free? To rake the moon from out the sea. The bowl goes trim. The moon doth shine, And our ballast is old wine.
T.L. Peacock
The old Lakota was wise, He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too.
Luther Standing Bear
Forestry is the preservation of forests by wise use.
Theodore Roosevelt
