The man who broods over the past can never master the difficulties of today. Every wise man learn to forget. — Herbert Newton Casson Copy Share Image
“... wisdom cannot be passed on. Wisdom which a wise man tries to pass on to someone always sounds like foolishness.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
“A certain wise man once said that God didn't play dice with the universe, but that man was wrong. Sometimes I think… — Daina Chaviano Copy Share Image
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him. — Socrates Copy Share Image
“This is the mighty and branching tree called mythology which ramifies round the whole world whose remote branches under separate skies bear… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It is delightful to transport one's self into the spirit of the past, to see how a wise man has thought before… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“One of my professors in college used to say As the wise man said, Do or do not, there is no try,… — Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter Copy Share Image
At this time there was a wise man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good, and he was known to… — Josephus Copy Share Image
All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another. — Plotinus Copy Share Image
A wise man will always allow a fool to rob him of ideas without yelling “Thief.” If he is wise he has… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise -… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but… — Robert Cecil Copy Share Image
“A very wise man once told me that you can't look back-you just have to put the past behind you, and find… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by… — Adlai Stevenson I Copy Share Image
“Only a wise man could see my people so clearly in so short a time. Only a ruthless one would say it… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I will love to be called a foolish man of peace, than to be named a wise man of war. Show me… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The wise man does nothing but what can be done openly and without falseness, nor does he do anything whereby he may… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
