Wise County

Wise County is the name of two counties in the United States:

  • Wise County, Texas
  • Wise County, Virginia

Famous quotes containing the words wise and/or county:

    “Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is, to live under the government of worse men; and the like regret is suggested to all the auditors, as the penalty of abstaining to speak,—that they shall hear worse orators than themselves.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Jack: A politician, huh?
    Editor: Oh, county treasurer or something like that.
    Jack: What’s so special about him?
    Editor: They say he’s an honest man.”
    —Robert Rossen (1908–1966)