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"Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise." »Francis Quarles
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"Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means." »Van Wyck Brooks
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"Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train." »Buddha
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"A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things." »Marcus Valerius Martialis
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"Worldly fame is but a breath of wind, that blows now this way, now that, and changes name as it changes sides." »Dante
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"I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated
To closeness and the bettering of my mind." »William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2
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"Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise." »Cato the Elder
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"Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise." »Cato the Elder, from Plutarch, Lives
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"Worldly fame and pleasure are destructive to the virtue of the mind; anxious thoughts and apprehensions are injurious to the health of the body." »Chinese
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"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul." »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly." »G.K. Chesterton
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"History never recorded this phrase: 'The Mass of Wise.' Because the wise is not too abundant to form masses!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Should one see a wise man who, like a revealer of treasures, points out faults and reproves, let one associate with such a wise person for the benefits he shall receive." »Unknown
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"Do nothing rashly; want of circumspection is the chief cause of failure and disaster. Fortune, wise lover of the wise, selects him for her lord who ere he acts reflects." »Bharavi
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"We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys." »William Arthur Ward
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"...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill." »J. R. R. Tolkien
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"Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise." »J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
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"You are providing for your disciples a show of wisdom without the reality. For, acquiring by your means much information unaided by instruction, they will appear to possess much knowledge, while, in fact, they will, for the most part, know nothing at all; and, moreover, be disagreeable people to deal with, as having become wise in their own conceit, instead of truly wise." »Socrates, Phaedrus, sct. 275
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"Woody Allen once said that ‘I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.’ This is certainly a very wise wish! Whoever grasped the triviality of anything besides the existence is a wise man indeed! There is no substitute for life!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds." »Jewish Proverb
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"Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it." »George Santayana
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"Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish." »Quintilian
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"Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning." »Samuel Johnson
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"It takes a wise man to discover a wise man." »Laertius Diogenes
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"A wise quote may not be famous and a famous quote may not be wise! Stick to the wise as the other one is just a bubble!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Love works in miracles every day such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy." »Marguerite de Valois
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"It is important to live each day with a positive perspective. It is not wise to pretend problems do not exist, but it is wise to look beyond the problem to the possibilities that are in it. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, 'He's so big, we can never kill him.' But David looked at the same giant and thought, 'He's so big, I can't miss him.'" »Dr. Dale E. Turner
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"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others." »Edward Abbey
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"Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the sword is in another?s hand.* If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue." »Francis Quarles
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