The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken. Great short quote and quotation by: Homer, The Odyssey , Greek epic poet (800 BC – 700 BC)
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The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. Great short quote and quotation by: Benjamin Disraeli , British politician (1804 – 1881)
The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct. Great short quote and quotation by: Cicero , Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC – 43 BC)
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The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands. Great short quote and quotation by: Edmund Burke , Irish orator, philosopher, & politician (1729 – 1797)
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The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric Hoffer , (1902 – 1983)
Aristophanes, 450-385 BC, Birds, 414 BC
The wise learn many things from their enemies. Great short quote and quotation by: Aristophanes, 450-385 BC, Birds, 414 BC , Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC – 388 BC)
The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. Great short quote and quotation by: Publilius Syrus , (~100 BC)
The wise man carries his possessions within him. Great short quote and quotation by: Bias ,
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles Dudley Warner , US editor & essayist (1829 – 1900)
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The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. Great short quote and quotation by: William Ralph Inge , English author & Anglican prelate (1860 – 1954)
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about others things. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)
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The wise man will love; all others will desire. Great short quote and quotation by: Afranius ,