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Sentences starting with wise

Wise are they who anger not the gods, and who fly before the rising storm. [11]
Wise men have said more foolish things,--and foolish men, I don't doubt, have said as wise things. [6]
Wise and happy if by a further touch of genius he seizes the situation: henceforth he is her master. [11]
Wise economy, your Eminence! [10]
Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come. [7]
Wise old head! [5]
Wise men! [12]

Sentences ending with wise

Maybe he put you wise. [9]
Heart of the World be strong, Tongues of the World be wise! [11]
Are not my words wise? [11]
You think it wise? [9]
But we are wise. [4]
It will be wise. [10]
But the central wisdom which was old in infancy is young in fourscore years, and dropping off obstructions, leaves in happy subjects the mind purified and wise. [6]
As usual, she was wise. [5]
He did not try to see her, and in this was wise. [11]
And it came to pass in this wise. [9]

Short sentences using wise

Oh wise young woman! [4]
How wise I should be! [11]
You're wise, all right. [9]
Is that wise or just? [10]
But others were less wise. [5]
Even the wise forget themselves. [9]
Well, I don't feel wise. [9]
The old monks are wise. [5]
We grow wise apace. [5]
You are wise and kind. [6]

Sentences containing wise two or more times

It was on this wise (which is a favorite expression of great authors, and a very neat one, too, but I never hear anybody say on this wise when they are talking). [5]
Besides, he knew that a wise woman is wiser than a wise man. [11]
There are some people who can be merry and can't be wise, and some who can be wise (or think they can) and can't be merry. [12]
As no wise man, I suppose, ever was rich in the sense of freedom to spend, because of the inundation of claims, so neither am I, who am not wise. [6]
I so extend it because it is politically wise, as well as naturally just; politically wise in saving us from broils about matters which do not concern us. [7]
Right or wrong, and it was wrong, horribly wrong; wise or unwise, and how could the wrong be wise! [11]

More example sentences with the word wise in them

Perhaps it'll make you wise like the old Adam. [11]
At that time you were wise enough not to attempt to pass comment upon accidents in business affairs which are, if deplorable, inevitable. [9]
If pride within you secretly abides That, forced by the elixir's charm, The Sooth You needs must speak--be wholly pure in thought, Despising not the teachings wise, of old; When Truth with equal earnestness was sought If speech be silver, silence then is gold! [10]
Of his love you are ever sure; remember him in your prayers; and as for that you have to say to Ann, say it in such wise that she shall not take it over much to heart. [10]
As old as you are and as wise, can you take pleasure in a love-match and even speed it forward as you have done, and yet purpose in your soul to hinder it at last? [10]
Yet what are you and the wise treasurer doing? [10]
He's a thousand years old, which is about as old-fashioned as I mean, and as wise, and as plain to read as though you'd write the letters of words as big as a date-palm. [11]
Suppose you didn't write the real wise thing--and only two sheets of paper and so much to say? [11]
Well, if he wouldn't consent, but should even strenuously protest and say he wouldn't serve if elected, isn't it still wise and fair to nominate him and vote for him? [5]
To him I would push up another pawn, in the shape of a comely and wise young woman, whom he would of course take--to wife. [6]
A wise company would not arm you with so drastic an order as this, of course, without appointing a penalty for its infringement. [5]
I think it would astonish even the wise ones. [4]
The wise caution with which the Emperor Rudolph avoided interfering with the rights of the Honourable Council afforded old Herr Berthold Vorchtel great satisfaction. [10]
He joined forces with Puss in making clever fun of the booby Dutch, which Stephen was wise enough to take good-naturedly. [9]
She was content with her lot; and if any change for the worse were in prospect she would rather not be tormented beforehand by a wise prophet; nor was it better to be deluded by a foolish one. [10]
My friend Archibius wishes me a long life, if any one does; but he is as wise as he is faithful, and therefore will consider that earthly life is by no means a boon in every case. [10]
The wise abbot wished to avoid anything, that would cause excitement, during this time of rebellion against the power of the Church, but the magistrate claimed the right to commence proceedings against the doctor. [10]
It would be wise, mother, for you to leave this abode of misery. [10]
If Barbara was wise, her daily prayer should be for the maintenance of peace. [10]
And it was wise, for, had you seen him, it would have broken your poor mother heart to give him up. [10]
It was a wise, a just, and a well-deserved rebuke, but it created a sensation. [5]
Medea, so the wise woman was called, though scarcely past five and forty, harmonized in appearance with this strange habitation, full as it was of objects calculated to rouse repulsion, dread, and amazement. [10]
The Prophet was wise without knowing it when he decided not to go down into the paradise of Damascus. [5]
It is not wise to strain a situation. [11]
It was not wise to invite trouble. [11]
He was too wise to give it up all at once. [11]
Would you be wise to draw a dictionary on that gracious word? [5]
It is so wise to do this, to keep one's feelings in control, not to be too hasty! [4]
That was a wise thought; matches were hardly known there in that day. [5]
And, by a wise provision in the Constitution of our glorious American Union, no one state could tie the nuptial knot so tight that another state could not cut it at a blow. [9]
It might be wise policy to advance the miner a monthly sum to encourage him to develop the country's riches; but to tax him monthly in advance instead--why, such a thing was never dreamed of in America. [5]
Neither do the wise ones beat themselves uselessly against brick or stone. [9]
He was a wise old experienced general, was Fastolfe. [5]
Will not the wise novelist seek to encounter the least intellectual resistance? [4]
Philostratus thought it wise not to dispute this assumption, and soon diverted the conversation to the subject of Melissa's imprisoned relations. [10]
It was a wise move, for he found Regnault de Chartres and some more of the King's pet rascals there trying their best to disperse the army, and crippling all the efforts of Joan's generals to head it for Orleans. [5]
One or two wise men, however, were able to secure order long enough to have the resolution passed for forming a Local Interests Committee whose duty it would be to see that the people were not sacrificed to a "soulless plutocracy. [11]
So said the wise men of that day. [6]
Mr. Calhoun's a wise man, and he ought to be governor here. [11]
In Egypt, the wise man is never surprised at anything, and Kingsley had gone from experience to experience without dismay. [11]
She was a wise little thing, that Norice, and noticed things. [11]
But he was wise in his own way, which was not the way of those who had reason to bless him for ever, and who forgot him, though he had served them through so many years. [11]
Had he been wise in deciding before he had taught a glimpse of the accomplished Douglas, whose name end fame filled the land? [9]
And on this wise he gave us to know for certain that the vast sum demanded was not an error on his part. [10]
And even my wise grandmother can give me no better counsel than to 'wait patiently' and yet again 'Wait' . [10]
But it wasn't wise for the missionary to take the journey alone--it was a bad business in any case. [11]
But we said wise and severe things about the vanity and wickedness of high living. [5]
Hildanus was a wise and learned man, one of the best surgeons of his time. [6]
It was a wise and knowing eye. [11]
But Lem was wise and kind, so he merely said that she had returned a lady. [9]
He was a wise and humane judge, and he clearly did his honest best and fairest,--according to his lights. [5]
If you are wise and diligent, you can establish relations with the best of them which they will find it very hard to break. [3]
There were certain wise and cynical atheists who did not attend the sessions at all except when they received mysterious hints to do so. [9]
He is a wise and clever fellow. [2]
In such regions wise and careful work was necessary, for the English rule had been fair and kindly; and men who have been ruled in that way are not always anxious for a change. [5]
There, too, I will remember you, and what a dear, faithful, wise little creature you are. [10]
The wise man will keep his ears ever open, but rarely lend it his active hand. [10]
I guess he will be an almighty wise man by the time he wades through that lot. [5]
Now you're wise why I can't go back to Hampton. [9]
Rarely to Stephen; whose wholesome respect for his employer had in no wise abated. [9]
The hysteric stage which the wise old man had apprehended began to manifest itself by its usual signs, if anything can be called usual in a condition the natural order of which is disorder and anomaly. [6]
I hear thee when thou callest to me, and I kneel outside the door, for thou art wise, and thou speakest to me; but thee as thou art in a far land I shall see no more. [11]
If that is what he thought, he was not wise, for no one usually is so self-confident and insolent as just such an idiot. [10]
The mountaineer, though wet, was as fresh as a daisy, and fatigue in no wise checked the easy, cheerful flow of his talk. [4]
I saw you weren't wise to what they were. [9]
Not because they were not interesting--for they were; but inasmuch as the man was not found, after all, it did not seem wise to harass and excite the reader to no purpose. [5]
In that information we shall have a stern, unbending basis of facts--a basis in no wise subject to whim, caprice, or local interest. [7]
Find me some way out of this with your wise little head. [5]
In years she was younger than he, but in wisdom much older: in all things more wise and just. [11]
Our precious opportunity was thrown away; we could not understand Joan's conduct, she who had ben so wise until this fatal hour. [5]
But the truth was that many of these pickets on both sides were in no wise unfriendly to each other, and more than once exchanged tobacco and liquor across the stream. [11]
But, as I was saying, to change quarters here as late as November is a little difficult, for the wise ones seek to get housed for the winter by October: they select the sunny apartments, get on the double windows, and store up wood. [4]
How wise it was in Charles Warren Stoddard to take in his sign and go for some other calling while still young. [5]
The literature which was furnished for Myrtle's improvement was chiefly of a religious character, and, however interesting and valuable to those to whom it was adapted, had not been chosen with any wise regard to its fitness for her special conditions. [6]
Now, therefor, he was fain to live on the same wise, and this he deemed was right and seemly, inasmuch as he took the moneys which I gave him as half the clear profits of the Im Hoff trade, which were his by right. [10]
So-my beautiful dove was a good, wise thought, and what it carried in its basket you shall hear presently. [10]
He did not want to be an hussar or a Knight of St. George like his uncle Nicholas; he wanted to be learned, wise, and kind like Pierre. [2]
Of course we visited it, and came away as wise as most people do who go and gaze upon such mementoes of the past when in an unreflective mood. [5]
Her face was very young, though the eyes were so wise in their simplicity. [11]
They were wise, very wise; fishes and flames are dumb and cannot cry to heaven. [10]
It was a very wise and a very prudent course which was taken by Simonides, when he was asked by his imperial master to give him his ideas about the Deity. [6]
But, for that very reason, the wise man said to himself, it must be something of importance that led her to him at this hour and in such weather. [10]
It strikes me very oddly that good and wise men at Cambridge and Boston should think of raising me into an object of criticism. [6]
Yet have certain verses of the Scripture, or some wise and verily right noble maxim from the writings of the Greeks or Latins dropped on my soul now and again as it were a grain of good seed. [10]
Out of his various and repetitious writings might be compiled quite a hand-book of maxims and wise saws. [4]
Fluctuations in the value of currency are always injurious, and to reduce these fluctuations to the lowest possible point will always be a leading purpose in wise legislation. [7]
At present Dr. Tredway did not think it wise to inform Hilary of Mr. Flint's visit--not, at least, until after the examination. [9]
It was the tragedy of the man stopped in his course because of one mistake, though he had done ten thousand wise things. [11]
The old doctor took it and put the wrong end to his ear and the other to the patient's chest, and kept it there about two minutes, looking all the time as wise as an old owl. [6]
Margaret Bolton was too wise to be either surprised or alarmed by these rumors. [5]
Carson City was too wary and too wise to open up a credit account with the imported bantling with anything like indecent haste. [5]
The wise men told us of the Delightful Chateau at the gateway of the hills. [11]
He had gone to the house of Jean Touzel, through whose Hardi Biaou the disaster had come, and had told Mattresse Aimable that she must go to Plemont in his stead--for a fool must keep his faith whate'er the worldly wise may do. [11]
It was wise to sacrifice the transitory pleasures of earth to loftier purposes. [10]
Thence he went to Paris in the train of the English Ambassador, and there he mingled daily with the wise, the cultured, the great, and the aristocracy of fashion, during another three years. [5]
It was treason to his noble master, whom he loved with tender devotion as a father, a wise, kind friend, and preceptor, and whom he reverenced and feared as though he were a god. [10]
Whereas I trusted to have found a faithful and wise brain, what have I seen? [10]
His close attention to every important object--his modest questions about whatever was new to him--his reverence for wise old age, and his ardent desire to learn many of the fine arts, soon brought him into respectable notice. [5]
It seems early to do this, but Joan Bergheim thought it would be wise. [5]
This compels us to do many things which we would rather not do, which we might accomplish openly and unopposed if conditions were frankly recognized, and met by wise statesmanship which sought to bring about harmony by the reshaping of laws and policies. [9]

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