There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strong” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“A wise man, recognizing that the world is an illusion, does not act as if it is real, and so he escapes… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“A wise man learns from his failures. A brilliant man learns how not to fail.” — Melissa McPhail Copy Share Image
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading: Henny Youngman. He was a wise man who invented beer — Plato Copy Share Image
“In my business, one learns there is a fine line between insanity and genius. We would be wise to give this man… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Woody Allen once said that 'I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.'… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“You know, a wise man once said, ‘Pain is knowledge rushing in to fill a gap.’ ” “Pain is knowledge rushing in… — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
“It is the part of a wise man, I say, to refresh and restore himself in moderation with pleasant food and drink,… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Who then is free? the wise man who is lord over himself; Whom neither poverty nor death, nor chains alarm; strong to… — Horace Copy Share Image
Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands… — Saadi Copy Share Image
Public business must always be done by somebody. It will be done by somebody or other. If wise man decline, others will… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Daisy said boldly. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” “Yes, but it is a wise man who understands his limits.” “Who said that?” Daisy… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“CHAPTER VI Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One's Own Arms And Ability LET no one be surprised if, in speaking… — Nicolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone.… — John Hall Gladstone Copy Share Image
“You are a wise man, Major, and I will consider your advice with great care—and humility." He finished his tea and rose… — Helen Simonson Copy Share Image
[Heraclitus] did not require humans or their sort of knowledge, since everything into which one may inquire he despises [as being] in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
The farmer doesn't sow any seed; he chooses it carefully for by experience he knows that the harvest will be of the… — Amado Nervo Copy Share Image
“Here.’ I held out a silver crown between two fingers to take his mind off it. ‘You can have this coin, or,… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“For the wise man does not consider himself unworthy of any gifts from Fortune’s hands: he does not love wealth but he… — Seneca Copy Share Image
All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances. — Confucius Copy Share Image
“As the wise man said: ‘Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see… — Dan Eaton Copy Share Image
“Do not wait for the tide to take you, my boy. Instead, you take on the tide” — Ahmad Ardalan Copy Share Image
A wise man once said never argue with a fool because the people watching from a distance cant tell who is who. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it’s not the work they’re… — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
Broken heart is where the wise man turns away and where the faithful kneel and call on God. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“the wise man never assumes anything, never regrets anything, is never wrong, never changes his mind.” — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes. — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
“The wise man desires nothing; he does not judge, he makes no plans, he keeps his mind open and his” — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant. — Confucius Copy Share Image
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favor cannot… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“NOTE TO SELF – BOOMERANG EFFECT My words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect. So be-careful what you send out!” — Allan Rufus Copy Share Image
“The wise man shall pass into strange countries, and good and evil shall he try in all things.” — Gary Jennings Copy Share Image