English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Wise Quotes (page 15)

Samuel Johnson quote: "You can never be wise unless you love reading."
You can never be wise unless you love reading. Samuel Johnson
To me this is the first principle of life, the foundational principle, and a lesson you can't learn at the foot of any wise man: Get up! The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down. Joe Biden
William Shakespeare quote: "So wise so young, they say, do never live long."
So wise so young, they say, do never live long. William Shakespeare
Albert Camus quote: "A practical rule: a man which is wise in one area may be silly..."
A practical rule: a man which is wise in one area may be silly in others. Albert Camus
Many invest wisely in business matters, but fail to invest time and interest in their most valued possessions: their spouses and children. Billy Graham
Isaac Asimov quote: "The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware he is wise."
The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware he is wise. Isaac Asimov
Confucius quote: "A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels..."
A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace. Confucius
Tom Robbins quote: "There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and..."
There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and people who cannot, and the wise know to which group they belong. Tom Robbins
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as..."
Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Henry David Thoreau quote: "To the SICK the doctors wisely recommed a change of air and..."
To the SICK the doctors wisely recommed a change of air and scenery Henry David Thoreau
I watched the gorilla's eyes again, wise and knowing eyes, and wondered about this business of trying to teach apes language. Our language. Why? There are many members of our own species who live in and with the forest and know it and understand it. We don't listen to them. What is there to suggest we would listen to anything an ape could tell us? Or that it would be able to tell us of its life in a language that hasn't been born of that life? I thought, maybe it is not that they have yet to... Douglas Adams
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be..."
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are lost, lost,' said Gollum. 'No name, no business, no Precious, nothing. Only empty. Only hungry; yes, we are hungry. A few little fishes, nasty bony little fishes, for a poor creature, and they say death. So wise they are; so just, so very just J. R. R. Tolkien
Shirley Jackson quote: "Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don't let me, she hoped..."
Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don't let me, she hoped concretely, don't let me know too surely what he thinks of me. Shirley Jackson
An old woman with a mutch sat in an arm-chair behind the counter. She looked up at me over her spectacles and smiled, and I took to her on the instant. She had the kind of old wise face that God loves. John Buchan

Popular Topics

Popular Author