A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
There are two roads to every place, and the wise man chooses the pleasant one. — Phyllis Bentley Copy Share Image
I have heard men talk of the blessings of freedom, ... but I wish any wise man would teach me what use… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Good advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
A wise man once said: 'The hotter the heat, the harder the steel. No pressure, no diamonds.' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Neither silence of a wise man , nor speech of an ignorant has any profit — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his… — Han Fei Copy Share Image
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at… — Confucius Copy Share Image
That distrust which intrudes so often on your mind is a mode of melancholy, which, if it be the business of a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Part of living, part of becoming a wise man or a wise woman, is to get to that point where you can… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“If you love God with all your soul, then you know your life does not end with your death. They asked a… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Lord Bacon has compared those who move in higher spheres to those heavenly bodies in the firmament, which have much admiration, but… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“No man can order his life, for it comes flowing over him from behind. But if it lay before us, and we… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
It is the delight of vulgar talent to dazzle and to bind the beholder. But true genius seeks to defend us from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Mr. Kadam bowed and said, “Miss Kelsey, I will leave you to your dining companion. Enjoy your dinner.” Then he walked out… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
“Probabilities—the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth.” — George Eliot Copy Share Image
'Without the help of mathematics,' the wise man continued, 'the art could not advance and all the sciences would perish.' — Julio Cesar de Mello e Souza Copy Share Image
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Once a wise man said that he once dreamed of balck and white folks coming together which happend what a life — Thinkpinkbarbii Copy Share Image
“You can have some, but not all. Wanting to have it all is a sure recipe for disaster” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
A wise man said Its not a lack of love that ruins a marriage relationship its a lack of friendship. — Rev Run Copy Share Image
A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks, a complete idiot punishes himself for what… — Jason Zebehazy Copy Share Image
It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way. — French Proverb 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
“No evil being was ever wise: they are all against every wise man's critics.” — A Gentlemen Copy Share Image
“A wise man once said that if a book was not worth reading twice it was not worth reading once.” — Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson Copy Share Image
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years — English Proverb Copy Share Image
May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man… — Plato Copy Share Image
Less makeup, more natural beauty. A wise man once said 'don't look like a crayon just raped your face.' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
