The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries. — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
The wisest man I have ever known once said to me: 'Nine out of every ten people improve on acquaintance,' and I… — Frank Arthur Swinnerton Copy Share Image
Jed Diamond is, quite simply, one of the wisest men writing today on the topic of male emotional and physical health. — Michael Gurian Copy Share Image
If travel were so inspiring and informing a business ... then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper… — Ovid Copy Share Image
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Even the wisest man grows tense With some sort of violence Before he can accomplish fate, Know his work or choose his… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
On the way back from Mumbai to go meet with President Xi in China, I stopped in Singapore to meet with a… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
[I]t is the wine that leads me on, the wild wine that sets the wisest man to sing at the top of… — Homer Copy Share Image
The wisest man would be the one richest in contradictions, who has, as it were, antennae for all types of men---as well… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The wisest man could ask no more of fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the many, honored by… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“After reading between the lines, I can secretly hear Socrates screaming: 'I'm the wisest man to ever live in the world. Anyone… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
The facile delusions which conceal from us our true situation all amount to this: that we are, or can be, wiser than… — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
“I’m not the wisest man in the world,” he said, “but there’s no need to take on responsibility for every stray that… — Hiromi Kawakami Copy Share Image
The wisest man I ever knew in my whole life could not read or write. At four o'clock in the morning, when… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The wisest man preaches no doctrines; he has no scheme; he sees no rafter, not even a cobweb, against the heavens. It… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer. — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Even the wisdom of the wisest depends on the accumulated wisdom of the past!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.This was said by gene wilder ... what does it mean ? — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
The bravest man may walk on fire. The wisest man may walk with prestige. The fearless man may walk where no steps… — Anonymous Copy Share Image