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Water is the only drink for a wise man

Henry David Thoreau

It is wise to bring some water, when one goes out to look for water

Marleen

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Baltasar Gracian

Forestry is the preservation of forests by wise use.

Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

And wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.

Alexander Pope

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.

Henry David Thoreau

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

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother.

Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

Speak with the vulgar, think with the wise.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.

Martin Fraquhar Tupper

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse

Thomas Fuller

A wise traveler never depreciates their own country.

Carlo Goldoni

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.

Saskya Pandita

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.

Norman Mailer

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.

Demosthenes

A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both, as his honest interest leads him.

William Penn

Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith.

Robert Southey

The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.

Confucius

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

Francis Bacon

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

Bryant McGill

No man is wise enough by himself.

Titus Maccius Plautus 250BC

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust.

Demosthenes

It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final.

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