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I would rather a thousand times be five minutes at the feet of Christ than listen a lifetime to all the wise men in the world.

It is safe to look within. As I move through the layers of other people's opinions and beliefs, I see within myself a magnificent being, wise and beautiful. I love what I see in me.

How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire

Passion is a young man's game. Young people can be passionate. Older people gotta be more wise. I mean, you're around awhile, you leave certain things to the young. Don't try to act like you're young. You could really hurt yourself.

Mary Kay was the wholesome personification of the American dream. For women everywhere, she brought the impossible dream to life by making it a reality. She was a very wise lady. She was a people person. She was very sensitive to the importance of recognizing people.

He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.

A still tongue keeps a wise head.

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

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

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

Someday this upside-down world will be turned right side up. Nothing in all eternity will turn it back again. If we are wise, we will use our brief lives on earth positioning ourselves for the turn.

If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would.