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It is a wise man that does know the contented man is...

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

Quote by Frank Herbert about man, wealth

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to...

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Quote by Herodotus about influence, human imperfections, man

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wealth, ambition, man

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows...

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about suffering, value, pain, time, man

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about lie, wealth, knowledge, man, truth

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about smile, wealth

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wisdom, love

The Word was given to mortals for them to transmit their...

The Word was given to mortals for them to transmit their thoughts and the word was given to wise people for them to hide their thoughts.

RQuote by Robert South about word, people

The crazy people are opening the ways on which wise...

The crazy people are opening the ways on which wise people are stepping then.

Quote by Carlo Dossi about philosophy, people

There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when...

There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, fall, man

No street-wise unit ever passed inspection.

No street-wise unit ever passed inspection.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police

The stupids are getting married always, fools sometimes, ...

The stupids are getting married always, fools sometimes, wise man never.

Quote by Mihai Eminescu about marriage, man

Belief is a wise wager, granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false. If you gain, you gain all, if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about faith, contentment, truth, nothing

Pain makes man think, thought makes man wise. Wisdom...

Pain makes man think, thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.

Quote by John Patrick about pain, man, wisdom, thinking, life

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.

Quote by William Penn about marriage, wife, virtue, beauty, self-control, body, money, people, mind

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Quote by William Penn about knowledge, treasure, man

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer...

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.

Quote by William Penn about knowledge, treasure, judgment

We want a state wise in its contemplation just in its...

We want a state wise in its contemplation just in its action and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.

Quote by Sonny Perdue about state, action

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight...

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.

Quote by Pindar about deeds, fairy tales, man

Education that which discloses the wise and disguises...

Education that which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce about education

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