#wise men

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. ↗

— Lucinda Franks

#adoration #ancient #baby #bethlehem #brilliant

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. ↗

— Alphonse de Lamartine

#men #only #prophecy #wise #wise men

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen. ↗

— Pindar

#choose #deeds #enrich #give #great

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#fools #men #need #take #wise

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words. ↗

— Robert South

#consisting #each #fame #famous #greece

For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. ↗

— Thomas Sydenham

#comfort #disease #gout #humble #individuals

At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose. ↗

— Alcuin

#dispose #fools #men #propose #wise

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#course #embrace #me #men #say

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them. ↗

— Anacharsis

#causes #decide #fools #men #them

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. ↗