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01c. 1724 AD

Be wise to-day; 't is madness to defer.

Edward Young / quote

02c. 1724 AD

'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.

Edward Young / quote

03c. 1724 AD

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

Edward Young / quote

04c. 1724 AD

Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.

Edward Young / quote

05c. 1724 AD

Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Edward Young / quote

06c. 1712 AD

The picture placed the busts between Adds to the thought much strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly 's at full length.

Jane Brereton / quote

07c. 1716 AD

Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise? 'T is but to know how little can be known; To see all others' faults, and feel our own.

Alexander Pope / quote

08c. 1716 AD

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,— His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

Alexander Pope / quote

09c. 1716 AD

Coffee, which makes the politician wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes.

Alexander Pope / quote

10c. 1716 AD

Words that wise Bacon or brave Raleigh spoke.

Alexander Pope / quote

11c. 1716 AD

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice,— A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

Alexander Pope / quote

12c. 1716 AD

It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. 'T is more by art than force of num'rous strokes.

Alexander Pope / quote

13c. 1716 AD

Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky.

Alexander Pope / quote

14c. 1716 AD

For never, never, wicked man was wise.

Alexander Pope / quote

15c. 1716 AD

Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will: for Wisdom never lies.

Alexander Pope / quote

16c. 1716 AD

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

Alexander Pope / quote

17c. 1716 AD

In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare!

Alexander Pope / quote

18c. 1716 AD

Earth sounds my wisdom and high heaven my fame.

Alexander Pope / quote

19c. 1716 AD

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

Alexander Pope / quote

20c. 1716 AD

And wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.

Alexander Pope / quote

21c. 1748 AD

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Benjamin Franklin / maxim

22c. 1747 AD

To be resign'd when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,— Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven.

Nathaniel Cotton / quote

23c. 1746 AD

Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires, a driv'ler and a show.

Samuel Johnson / quote

24c. 1746 AD

He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.

Samuel Johnson / quote