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Wise Quotes (page 23)

There was never proud man thought so absurdly well of himself, as the lover doth of the person loved; and therefore it was well said, That it is impossible to love, and to be wise. Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon quote: "It is impossible to love and be wise."
It is impossible to love and be wise. Francis Bacon
Samuel Butler quote: "Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be..."
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. Samuel Butler
Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded... Edgar Allan Poe
Gentlemen, let us suppose that man is not stupid. (Indeed one cannot refuse to suppose that, if only from the one consideration, that, if man is stupid, then who is wise?) But if he is not stupid, he is monstrously ungrateful! Phenomenally ungrateful. In fact, I believe that the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped. Fyodor Dostoevsky
George Eliot quote: "Probabilities—the surest screen a wise man can place between..."
Probabilities—the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth. George Eliot
There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. Howard Schultz
I could hardly get a boy to look at me. All right, they'd look, they'd even take me out, but no one asked for a second date. I was too nasty, a real wise guy, and all the boys could tell what my rotten disposition was. Deep down, I wanted a commitment with a capital C. To get anywhere with me, a boy would have to sign his undying loyalty with his own blood. Alice Hoffman
William Shakespeare quote: "Of all knowledge, the wise and good seek mostly to know..."
Of all knowledge, the wise and good seek mostly to know themselves. William Shakespeare
When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even of a very remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we are on the track of a lost novelist, a suppressed poet, of some mute and inglorious Jane Austen, some Emily Bronte who dashed her brains out on the moor or mopped and mowed about the highways crazed with the torture that her gift had put her to. Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems... Virginia Woolf
Frank Herbert quote: "This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But..."
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. Frank Herbert
Pythagoras quote: "When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul..."
When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple. Pythagoras
If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter prophecies, and scratch ourselves in public. We can play with Big Ideas because the garish motley of our pulp origins make us seem harmless. Bruce Sterling
I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a passtime, if we live simply and wisely Henry David Thoreau
The common and continual mischief's [sic] of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and the duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a... George Washington

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