That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident. – William Hazlitt
When I am talking to people who I feel don’t like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise. – Taylor Swift
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him. – Thomas Hobbes
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. – Sholom Aleichem
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes. – Saskya Pandita
A wise person does not undertake any business with the risk of losing the capital money in search of making a profit. – Thiruvalluvar
Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves. – Thomas Hobbes
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. – Thomas Aquinas
Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity. – Vartan Gregorian
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys. – William Arthur Ward
I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious… and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting. – Thomas Huxley
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. – William Hazlitt
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought. – William Ellery Channing
We want a state wise in its contemplation – just in its actions – and moderate in the reach of government into our lives. – Sonny Perdue
If slavery, limited as it yet is, now threatens to subvert the Constitution, how can we as wise and prudent statesmen, enlarge its boundaries and increase its influence, and thus increase already impending dangers? – William H. Seward