Wise Quotes - Page 23

• I will be a wise and tolerant monarch, dispencing justice fairly, and only setting nightmares to rip out the winds of the evil and the wicked. Or just anybody that I don't like.

  Neil Gaiman

  Rip, Wind, Evil

  "Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes". Сomic book series by Neil Gaiman, 1989.

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• Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, & those who keep their reasoning faculties atrophied with drink.

  Mark Twain

  Suicide, Two, Drink

  Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine (1971). “Mark Twain's notebook”, Scholarly Pr

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• Logic is immaturity weaving its nets of gossamer wherewith it aims to catch the behemoth of knowledge. Logic is a crutch for the cripple, but a burden for the swift of foot and a greater burden still for the wise.

  Mikhail Naimy

  Feet, Immaturity, Weaving

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• The conscience is more wise than science.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Conscience

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• Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Blood, Silence, Royal

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• We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

  Mary Russell Mitford

  People, May, Foolish

  Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange”, p.21

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• You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude.

  Paul Theroux

  Country, America, People

  Paul Theroux (2014). “The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas”, p.295, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• A warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.

  Lord David Cecil

  Men, Doe, World

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• It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.
  [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage
  D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le faut.]

  Philippe Quinault

  Wisdom, Sage, Plus

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• The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
  [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.]

  Quintus Ennius

  Wisdom, Men, Vain

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• What would you be like if you had white hair and had not given up your principles? It might be wise as you deal with coalition efforts to think about the possibilities of going for fifty years.

  Bernice Johnson Reagon

  Thinking, Hair, Years

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• It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer.

  Francis Atterbury

  Men, Order, Suffering

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• Death is a woman, and for that reason she's courageous and just, and never makes distinctions between mortals; she'll crush the ignorant, the arrogant, and the wise alike under her icy foot.

  Rosario Ferre

  Crush, Death, Feet

  Rosario Ferré (1996). “Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories”, Plume Books

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• Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Life, Friendship, Ignorance

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book VIII". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1678-1679.

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• Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.

  Jim Butcher

  Lying, Guy, Unconscious

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.46, Penguin

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• In marriage we have a duty to God, our spuses, the world, and future generations. But we are sinners. A husband and wife need to acknowledge that when the Bible speaks of fools, it is not just speaking about other people, but about them as well. Even the wisest among us has moments of folly. So God gives us spouses to serve as wise friends by praying with and for us, attending church with us, speaking truth, and providing Scripture along with good books and online classes, lectures, and sermons to nourish fruitfulness in our lives.

  Mark Driscoll

  Husband, Book, Class

  Mark Driscoll, Grace Driscoll (2013). “Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, and Life Together”, p.29, Thomas Nelson

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• There are only 24 hours in a day. We need to quit trying to be awesome and instead be wise.

  Jen Hatmaker

  Trying, Needs, Quitting

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• May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Hands, Justice, Humanity

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.51, Wildside Press LLC

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• No man is so wise that he cannot benefit by talking things out with others.

  Richard L. Evans

  Communication, Men, Talking

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• If we judge others, it is because we are judging something in ourselves of which we are unaware.

  John A. Sanford

  Wisdom, Judging, Ifs

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• Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read it in the original author?

  Philip Gilbert Hamerton

  Attention, Pay, Mathematics

  Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1875). “The Intellectual Life”, p.142

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• We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.

  Alexander Pope

  Funny, Father, Humor

  Alexander Pope (1850*). “The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton”, p.203

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• A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Doe, Modesty

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• Better a life like a falling star, brief bright across the dark, than the long, long waiting of the immortals, loveless and cheerlessly wise.

  Poul Anderson

  Stars, Fall, Dark

  Poul Anderson (2014). “The Broken Sword”, p.234, Open Road Media

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• Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Funny, Humor, Fools Day

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 8, 1595.

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