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Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
William Osler
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
Stendhal
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
Naguib Mahfouz
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.
Geoffrey Chaucer
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
Lord Chesterfield
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
Bertolt Brecht
Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.
Bertolt Brecht
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
Lord Chesterfield
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
Lord Chesterfield
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
Horace
He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.
Horace
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
Horace
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
Frank Herbert
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
Frank Herbert
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
Friedrich Schiller
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
Friedrich Schiller
Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
Francis Quarles
Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
Swami Sivananda
The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.
Jay Leno
The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.
Sidney Sheldon
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