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Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Quote by Francis Bacon about chance, man

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would...

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

Quote by Aristophanes about wisdom, life, people

Wise women are beautiful in all seasons of their lives.

Wise women are beautiful in all seasons of their lives.

Quote by Valeria Mahoc about wisdom

Wise men speak because they have something to say...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Quote by Platon about wisdom, man

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few...

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

Quote by Edward Abbey about rules, man

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

Quote by Aeschylus about wisdom, man

There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and...

There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Quote by Dorothy Parker about wisdom, hell, truth

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise

Quote by William Blake about wisdom

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change

Quote by Confucius about wisdom, change, man

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Quote by Thomas Fuller about good luck, wealth, chance, good, man

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes...

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.

Quote by William Wordsworth about wisdom, age, olderness, mind

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind...

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about idea

What we've proven is that you can protect the...

What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about nature, economy, conflict, use

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Quote by Francis Bacon about chance, man

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Quote by Francis Bacon about impossible, love

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men...

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about state, man, nothing

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Quote by Francis Bacon about chance, man

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Quote by Francis Bacon about happiness, wisdom, man

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last....

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Quote by Lord Acton about man, people, things

In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks.

Quote by Scott Adams about cars, commerce

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