The wise man, the sage, is hostile to the new. Disabused, he abdicates: that is his form of protest. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from. — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
“Even a wise man knows doubt from time to time, it is the fool who allows it to rule his judgement.” — Jennifer Hudock Copy Share Image
“Once a wise man said, as long as your brain is in your hands, you might loose your mind and your fate.” — Hadas Moosazadeh Copy Share Image
The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in the mean,… — Saint Bernard Copy Share Image
“I have met the town idiot, who declares that all the automobiles in the world are of less value than a single… — Vilhelm Moberg Copy Share Image
A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“All places that the eye of heaven visits/ Are to a wise man ports and happy havens:/ Think not the king did… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“A house by the lake must have many windows so as to benefit fully the brilliant view; a man by the wise… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lay… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
You know, it’s amazing to me the wounds we carry for eternity. But what has fascinated me most these last few years… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“There is a story told of one old wise man, whose name was Mencius. He was a follower of Confucius and he… — Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“exactly to those paths which others have taken, or attain to the virtues of those whom they would resemble, the wise man… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
... No photograph ever was good, yet, of anybody - hunger and thirst and utter wretchedness overtake the outlaw who invented it!… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
An adult is one who has lost the grace, the freshness, the innocence of the child, who is no longer capable of… — Arnaud Desjardins Copy Share Image
The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“It was a famous Stoic ‘paradox’ that the Sage is believed to be absolutely free, even when imprisoned or exiled by a… — Donald J. Robertson Copy Share Image
The errors of a wise man are literally more instructive than the truths of a fool. The wise man travels in lofty,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“How many people we know who sour their lives, who ruin all that is sweet and beautiful by explosive tempers, who destroy… — James Allen Copy Share Image
The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A wise man never enjoys himself so much, nor a fool so little, as when alone. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The wise man understands his weakness and seeks to find a lesson from it. The fool lets it control and destroy him. — Christie Golden Copy Share Image
“I do not know who I am, said the wise man, and went his way of knowledge unto the end of days.” — Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann Copy Share Image
The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul is the Universe. — Democritus Copy Share Image
A wise man will never tell his wife to keep quiet. He will tell her she looks beautiful with her mouth closed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
A wise man learn from the mistakes of others while fools learn from their own mistakes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control — SangFroid Stalker Copy Share Image
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A wise man once said that you don't get rich at work. You get rich by doing your homework. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
“Cardinal: You are a wise man. You will lead us well. Mortati: I am an old man. I would lead you briefly.” — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, my own dad told me in a smiling and wistful way that it's a wise man that… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
