Quotes of Sagacious - somelinesforyou

“ A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice. ”

- Bill Cosby

“ You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Mahfouz. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively. ”

- Brian Koslow

“ It is a wise father that knows his own child. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power. ”

- William Ellery Channing

“ The wise learn many things from their enemies. ”

- Aristophanes

“ In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. ”

- Lord Chesterfield

“ A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure. ”

- Sydney Smith

“ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment. ”

- The Holy Bible

“ It is not wise to be wiser than necessary. ”

- Philippe Quinault

“ I do know of these that... only are reputed wise for saying nothing. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ It is impossible to love and be wise. ”

- Francis Bacon

“ The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. ”

- Bible

“ So wise so young, they say, do never live long. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ See the man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than for him. ”

- Bible

“ Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. ”

- Thomas Gray

“ Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can. ”

- Charles de Lint

“ The plan of the newspaper is good and wise; when you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Wine can of their wits the wise beguile,Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile. ”

- Homer

“ Laugh, if thou art wise. ”

- Martial

“ Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. ”

- Plato

“ Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest. ”

- Henry Home

“ Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. ”

- Publilius Syrus

“ There's little comfort in the wise. ”

- Rupert Brooke

“ Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. ”

- Baltasar Gracian

“ A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell! ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ Some folks are wise and some otherwise. ”

- Josh Billings

“ Wise to resolve, patient to perform. ”

- Johann Friedrich von Schiller
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