With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
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
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited. — William Feather Copy Share Image
...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“The truly wise man is the one who can keep external events from changing him in any way. To do this, he… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
The wise man has his follies, no less than the fool; but it has been said that herein lies the difference--the follies… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
In honesty you have to admit to a wise man that prayer is not for the wise, not for the prudent, not… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools. — David C. Stark Copy Share Image
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men. — Saadi Copy Share Image
The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is… — J. P. Morgan Copy Share Image
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy. — Samuel Johnson 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
However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There’s an old saying that a wise man is someone who doesn’t grieve for the things which he doesn’t have but is… — James Bowen Copy Share Image
Do not use your energy except for a cause more noble than yourself. Such a cause cannot be found except in Almighty… — Ibn Hazm Copy Share Image
If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“Surely,' said she, 'there is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image