Wise Quotes
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
William Blake
I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there is no redress.
Elizabeth Montagu
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Plato
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance
Bible
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.
Alexander Pope
During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively.
Brian Koslow
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
William Penn
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
Herbert Spencer
It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below.
Rebecca H. Davis
The body is dust; the wind speaks through it. Understand, O wise one, who has died. Awareness, conflict and ego have died, but the One who sees does not die.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.
William Shakespeare
A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.
William Penn
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Moliere
