Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.
Harry Anderson
A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.
Maya Angelou
We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise... →
I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very... →
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
Minna Antrim
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that... →
Thomas Aquinas
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such... →
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
Aristophanes
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.