“Though a man be wise and intelligent, he is a fool in the eyes of the ignorant.” — Saadi 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
The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Wrong decisions, Jakob, are never inevitable. A wise man can always turn back from a precipice.” — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Never we sleep, a thug doesn't rest, Cause a wise man said: it was a cousin of death. — Big Pun Copy Share Image
Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling,… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working. Out here… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Wisdom is considered a sign of weakness by the powerful because a wise man can lead without power but only a powerful… — Mark B. Cohen Copy Share Image
“A wise man once said, 'Life is like breathing. If you try to hold it, you'll lose it. But let it come… — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
“When everything looks unusual around you, your eyes and your mind mostly need anything usual! Unfamiliar disturbs us; familiar comforts us! But… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
A wise man should order his interests, and set them all in their proper places. This order is often troubled by greed,… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Fashion is a tyrant from which nothing frees us. We must suit ourselves to its fantastic tastes. But being compelled to live… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“In old England the greatest lords think it great glory to be slapped by a queen, and made garter-knights of; but, be… — Herman Melville 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
“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
... 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
“There is no man,’ he began, ‘however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
