Famous Quotes: Wise

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
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Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
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I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.
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I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
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Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.
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Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
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No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.
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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
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To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
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The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.
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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
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My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher.
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Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
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Barack Obama's enemies are the people who make this country work. Barack Obama's enemies are those who succeed. Those are the people whose income he wants to redistribute. Those are the people whose income he wants to take, using the power and the force of the federal government to do it.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
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