“he wise man should always follow the roads that have been trodden by the great, and imitate those who have most excelled,… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
“A wise man has doubts even in his best moments. Real truth is always accompanied by hesitations. If I could not hesitate,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
So all that is said of the wise man by Stoic or Oriental or modern essayist, describes to each reader his own… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Whoever can't see the whole in every part plays at blind man's bluff. A wise man tastes the entire Tigris in every… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I learned over the years never to correct a fool or he will hate you; correct a wise man, and he will… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
I'm learning how much I have to learn, how little I know, how fragile my understanding is. I'm learning to be thankful… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions. — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
II asked a wise man for the meaning of love and he said if you need a meaning, then there is no… — Anonymous 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
“The best man, then, must legislate, and laws must be passed, but these laws will have no authority when they miss the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Baby, that's grammar school. Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
A wise man once said that a person is known by the company he keeps, but could then also add that the… — Anuj Copy Share Image
“We all have a cross to carry but the wise man carries the lightest.” — Tamerlan Kuzgov Copy Share Image
The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“Solomon saith, 'He that considereth the wind, shall not sow, and he that looketh to the clouds, shall not reap.' A wise… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Look, I learned from your uncle that when the universe turns out to be insane, the wise man embraces insanity. — Bradley Denton Copy Share Image
He is the wise man who has by perfect living gained the instinct of rightness by which he guides himself, whether in… — Nilakanta Sri Ram Copy Share Image
A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of his deceiver; the wise… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
