Famous quotes containing the word wise:
“Union of the weakest develops strength
Not wisdom. Can all men, together, avenge
One of the leaves that have fallen in autumn?
But the wise man avenges by building his city in snow.”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
“Who knows what sort of life would result if we attained to purity? If I knew so wise a man as could teach me purity I would go to seek him forthwith.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“The wise guys
tell me
that Christmas
is Kid Stuff . . .”
—Frank Horne (b. 1899)