Quotes with all-wise

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  • William Blake A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle A well cultivated mind is made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only the one single mind educated by all previous time.
    Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
    French author (1657 - 1757)
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  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle A well-cultivated mind is, so to speak, made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only one single mind which has been educated during all this time.
    Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
    French author (1657 - 1757)
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  • Bob Shacochis A whole bunch of agents and editors looked at my stories, and they all said, in effect, 'You're a pretty good writer and you should probably get these published; when you grow up and write a novel, get in touch.'
    Bob Shacochis
    American writer (1951 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Edward. E. Cummings A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.
    Edward. E. Cummings
    American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright (1894 - 1962)
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  • Reinhold Niebuhr A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    American theologist, historian (1892 - 1971)
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  • Baltasar Gracián A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Robert Cecil A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
    Robert Cecil
    English statesman (1563 - 1612)
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  • John Churton Collins A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.
    John Churton Collins
    British literary critic (1848 - 1908)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Lord Chesterfield A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Francis Bacon A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Machiavelli A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Solomon Ibn Gabriel A wise man's question contains half the answer.
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  • David Hume A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.
    An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Elizabeth Gaskell A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
    Elizabeth Gaskell
    British writer (1810 - 1865)
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  • Lord Acton A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
    Lord Acton
    British historian (1834 - 1902)
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  • James Russell Lowell A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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