The wisest of the wise may err.
Aeschylus
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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.
Mahatma Gandhi
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
Sir Francis Bacon
A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men.
Willy Wonka
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.
Charles W. Eliot
The wisest person is not the one who has the fewest failures but the one who turns failures to best account.
Richard R. Grant
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
George Santayana
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.
Roald Dahl
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
Quintilian
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
This may prove that their policy barring pre-announcement and giving earnings guidance may not be the wisest policy. It's not as if providing guidance is a sign of poor governance.
Robert Willens
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.
Logan Pearsall Smith
To take on all of the interest groups that he did at the same time — and interest groups that have deep pockets and tremendous numbers of members — may not have been the wisest approach, politically, ... Perhaps it might have been more effective to take on one at a time.
George Deukmejian
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
Geoffrey Chaucer
The sharp escalation in gold prices over the past year, up more than 40% over the past 12 months, clearly makes gold one of the wisest investment choices of recent times.
Matthew Parry
The longer that it goes on that we need to do repairs to maintain it — when we know that we're going to need a new structure — that's not the wisest use of public dollars.
Marsha Gordon
With the high tax rates, this seems like the wisest choice. They are a strong company in their markets so that seems to be the right course to take.
Steve Ruggiero
There is a great deal to be considered in starting a new merchant account, or switching from one account to another. Merchant account companies will send their representative to help you, but their advice is always slanted in their favor. Using an independent consultant is always the wisest choice.
Chris Enders
What happened before, until about 15 years ago, was that you used it and forgot about it, like anything else in society [at that time]. We decided that was not really the wisest long term strategy.
Nicholas Johnson
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
Charles Caleb Colton
There is nobody who can, with any certainty, forecast demand. But there is definitely not a need for increased capacity for custom manufacturing. Speculative investment of several hundred million dollars is not the wisest move.
Leendert Staal
The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.
William Godwin
Education is one of the wisest investments we can make in America's future. The aid elimination provision is unfair and heavy-handed and should be taken off the books completely.
Jennifer Ring
A lot of times the things Bubba does, like myself, aren't the wisest business decisions. But if you really look at the motivations they make perfect sense -- just not dollars and cents. There are a lot of locals here who might avoid the larger tourist festivals.
Roger Stole
Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.
Richard Cecil
In practical life the wisest and soundest people avoid speculation.
George Earle Buckle
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