Wise County

Wise County is the name of two counties in the United States:

  • Wise County, Texas
  • Wise County, Virginia

Famous quotes containing the words wise and/or county:

    “Beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor;
    Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “Anti-Nebraska, Know-Nothings, and general disgust with the powers that be, have carried this county [Hamilton County, Ohio] by between seven and eight thousand majority! How people do hate Catholics, and what a happiness it was to show it in what seemed a lawful and patriotic manner.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)