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My mother is probably the wisest person I`ve ever known. She`s not schooled, she`s not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.

- Gene Simmons

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

- George Bancroft

It is unwise to be too sure of one`s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

- Mohandas K. Gandhi

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

- Robertson Davies

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

- Aaron McFarland

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

- Aaron O'Donnell

The wisest men follow their own direction.

- Abdel Bari Atwan

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

- Adam Katz

It is unwise to be too sure of one`s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

- Adam Loewen

Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.

- Adem Demaci

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

- Adm. Gary Roughead

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

- Alan Adler

If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.

- Alan Saporta

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

- Alan Vinegrad

It is the unbroken testimony of all history that alcoholic liquors have been used by the strongest, wisest, handsomest, and in every way best races of all times.

- Alex Morrison

Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country`s peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.

- Alfredo Alonso

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?

- Andrew Bosomworth

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.

- Andrew Ladd

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

- Andrew Nelson

A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.

- Andy Bernstein

A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men

- Andy Bernstein

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

- Thomas Jefferson

Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

- Pericles
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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

- Charles Caleb Colton

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

- Confucius

The wisest have the most authority

- Plato
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