The wise man lives as long as he ought, not so long as he can. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“We all have a cross to carry but the wise man carries the lightest.” — Tamerlan Kuzgov Copy Share Image
A wise man will be the master of his mind. A fool will be it's slave. — Publilius Syrus Copy Share Image
A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool. — Martin Farquhar Tupper 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
“Talk is free,” said Odd, “but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.” It was something his father used to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“A wise man—Neil Gaiman—says, “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.” — Angela Pepper 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
“Though a man be wise and intelligent, he is a fool in the eyes of the ignorant.” — Saadi Copy Share Image
“...there is nothing the wise man does reluctantly. He escapes necessity because he wills what necessity is going to force on him.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
You know, I met a wise man centuries ago in China who said to me, ‘He who lets fear rule him, has… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The fool rushed to certain conclusions. The middling man approached them warily, and with circumspection. And the wise man, perceiving them from… — Thomas William Hodgson Crosland 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
An ignorant man is always able to say yes or no immediately to any proposition. To a wise man, comparatively few things… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To me this is the first principle of life, the foundational principle, and a lesson you can't learn at the feet of… — Joe Biden 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
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
“There’s an old Cherokee legend about two wolves at war. It’s good food for thought on the topic of self-control. One night… — Darlene Schacht Copy Share Image
God hath given to mankind a common library, His creatures; to every man a proper book, himself being an abridgment of all… — Francis Quarles 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
“But before I go, I want to tell you a little story. “A certain shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
the only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers.. I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors;… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Something he had heard some wise man say. About the three stages of empire, the three generations. First came the conquerers, unstoppable… — Glen Cook Copy Share Image
The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
