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title: "22 Wiser Man Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Wiser Man quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Wiser Man sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I always thought a laughing philosopher a much wiser man than the sniveling one (cmizdrenje)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-withey/i-always-thought-a-laughing-philosopher-a-much-wiser-man-than-the/)

[Lynne Withey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-withey/)

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> [“You won't be a wiser man if you always keep away from bad people or poor ones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toba-beta/you-won-t-be-a-wiser-man-if-you-always-keep-away-from-bad-people-or/)

[Toba Beta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toba-beta/)

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> [The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/the-wiser-a-man-becomes-the-more-he-will-read-and-those-who-are/)

[Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/)

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> [A learned man is a tank; a wiser man is a spring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/a-learned-man-is-a-tank-a-wiser-man-is-a-spring/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

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> [The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-ibn-abi-talib/the-wiser-a-man-is-the-less-talkative-will-he-be/)

[Ali ibn Abi Talib](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-ibn-abi-talib/)

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> [“A man of few words is wiser than a man that speaks out his mind~”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elena-toledo/a-man-of-few-words-is-wiser-than-a-man-that-speaks-out-his-mind/)

[Elena Toledo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elena-toledo/)

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> [Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/democracy-is-based-on-the-assumption-that-a-million-men-are-wiser/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [“Man who is travelling on a train has a much more chance to be wiser than the man who is sitting on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/man-who-is-travelling-on-a-train-has-a-much-more-chance-to-be-wiser/)

[Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-chamfort/every-day-i-add-to-the-list-of-things-i-refuse-to-discuss-the-wiser/)

[Nicolas Chamfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-chamfort/)

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> [His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-briggs/his-grandfather-had-often-told-him-that-he-tried-too-hard-to-move/)

[Patricia Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-briggs/)

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> [Who is wiser: the man who plants flowers along life's way or the man who makes it bristle with thorns?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-fourier/who-is-wiser-the-man-who-plants-flowers-along-life-s-way-or-the-man/)

[Charles Fourier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-fourier/)

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> [As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-fletcher/as-an-older-and-wiser-man-i-don-t-believe-in-luck-i-believe-in-hard/)

[Dexter Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-fletcher/)

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> [He went like one that hath been stunn'd, And is of sense forlorn: A sadder and a wiser man He rose the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/he-went-like-one-that-hath-been-stunn-d-and-is-of-sense-forlorn-a/)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/)

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> [A sadder but wiser man is a thousand times more agreeable to meet than the feller that never makes a mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kin-hubbard/a-sadder-but-wiser-man-is-a-thousand-times-more-agreeable-to-meet/)

[Kin Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kin-hubbard/)

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> [I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/i-am-wiser-than-this-man-for-neither-of-us-appears-to-know-anything/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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> [Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/well-i-am-certainly-wiser-than-this-man-it-is-only-too-likely-that/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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> [“I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-thought-to-myself-i-am-wiser-than-this-man-neither-of-us-probably/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-farrakhan/i-am-not-the-same-man-i-was-35-years-ago-and-i-hope-that-five-years/)

[Louis Farrakhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-farrakhan/)

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> [The wiser a man is, it seems to me, the more vividly he can see the future as part of the evolving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-wiser-a-man-is-it-seems-to-me-the-more-vividly-he-can-see-the/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

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> [I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-farrakhan/i-hope-that-five-years-and-ten-years-from-now-i-ll-be-a-better-man-a/)

[Louis Farrakhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-farrakhan/)

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> [“He is wise who at last sees in suffering only the light that it sheds on his soul; and whose eyes never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-maeterlinck/he-is-wise-who-at-last-sees-in-suffering-only-the-light-that-it-sheds/)

[Maurice Maeterlinck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-maeterlinck/)

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> [“I went to interview a man with a high reputation for wisdom, because I felt that here if anywhere I should succeed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/i-went-to-interview-a-man-with-a-high-reputation-for-wisdom-because-i/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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