Famous quotes containing the word wise:
“Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It’s not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)