Sentence examples for just a wise from inspiring English sources

This was not just a wise Nobel prize, but a timely one.

He said Congress should pass a law "exempting a president — while in office — from criminal prosecution and investigation, including questioning by criminal prosecutors and defense counsel". He explained this was not just a wise idea, but what the framers of the Constitution intended all along.

Whether your claim is that of a homeless veteran or a Katrina victim or just a wise-ass gutterpunk with a sign that says, "I need beer," writing "God Bless" on the bottom of your sign is telling passersby that you're safe, you're good, you're just unlucky, but you're right with the Lord.

It is this readiness to confront bitter facts, and to make their bitterness sweet through his art, that makes Hardy not just a great writer but a wise and trustworthy one.

It's just not a wise idea.

This is not to say that Nascimento becomes a pacifist — just a sadder, wiser and more determined warrior.

Go forward, gentle reader, just a scoach wiser than you were before.

These simple acts of democracy -- extremely uncommon in my day, still far too rare in yours -- give your citizens the chance to become just a bit wiser, more empowered, more willing to help the common good: in a word, more free.

Is he twang's Moliere or just an obnoxious wise guy with more brains than heart?

"People that seek professional mediators are oftentimes just look for a wise elder with white hair to tell them that they're right," Seigle says.

If you're dealing with a mean teacher, then your natural impulse may be to prove your teacher wrong, to make your teacher feel bad about him or herself, or just to be a wise guy in the classroom.