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title: "37 Wisest Men Quotes by 32 authors"
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> [Judgment of the people is often wiser than the wisest men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lajos-kossuth/judgment-of-the-people-is-often-wiser-than-the-wisest-men/)

[Lajos Kossuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lajos-kossuth/)

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> [Socrates... Whom well inspir'd the oracle pronounc'd Wisest of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/socrates-whom-well-inspir-d-the-oracle-pronounc-d-wisest-of-men/)

[John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/)

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> [Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/passion-often-makes-fools-of-the-wisest-men-and-gives-the-silliest/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The gretteste clerkes been noght wisest men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/the-gretteste-clerkes-been-noght-wisest-men/)

[Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/)

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> [The wisest men follow their own direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/euripides/the-wisest-men-follow-their-own-direction/)

[Euripides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/euripides/)

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> [The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-heywood/the-greatest-clerkes-be-not-the-wisest-men/)

[John Heywood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-heywood/)

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> [Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/regarding-life-the-wisest-men-of-all-ages-have-judged-alike-it-is/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/a-little-nonsense-now-and-then-is-relished-by-the-wisest-men/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

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> [Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/even-the-wisest-men-make-fools-of-themselves-about-women-and-even-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-wisest-of-you-men-is-he-who-has-realized-like-socrates-that-in/)

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

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> [Any fool can start a war, and once he's done so, even the wisest of men are helpless to stop it -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikita-khrushchev/any-fool-can-start-a-war-and-once-he-s-done-so-even-the-wisest-of-men/)

[Nikita Khrushchev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikita-khrushchev/)

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> [“The most beautiful ape is ugly compared to the human race, so, the wisest of men is an ape compared with God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herakleitos-of-ephesos/the-most-beautiful-ape-is-ugly-compared-to-the-human-race-so-the/)

[Herakleitos of Ephesos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herakleitos-of-ephesos/)

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> [Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/passion-very-often-makes-the-wisest-men-fools-and-very-often-too/)

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/)

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> [The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-barrow/the-reading-of-books-what-is-it-but-conversing-with-the-wisest-men-of/)

[Isaac Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-barrow/)

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> [“The wisest of men know that to render an insult powerless, you often need only to embrace it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/the-wisest-of-men-know-that-to-render-an-insult-powerless-you-often/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

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> [If travel were so inspiring and informing a business ... then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-lewis/if-travel-were-so-inspiring-and-informing-a-business-then-the-wisest/)

[Sinclair Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinclair-lewis/)

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> [“Young Bob Lincoln and Elmer Ellsworth . . . were cutting up in the office, and Lincoln reproved them. Bob replied by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emanuel-hertz/young-bob-lincoln-and-elmer-ellsworth-were-cutting-up-in-the-office/)

[Emanuel Hertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emanuel-hertz/)

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> [“If travel were so inspiring and informing a business...then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-lewis/if-travel-were-so-inspiring-and-informing-a-business-then-the-wisest-2/)

[Sinclair Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinclair-lewis/)

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> [If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hilbert/if-one-were-to-bring-ten-of-the-wisest-men-in-the-world-together-and/)

[David Hilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hilbert/)

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> [“...he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-edwards/he-seemed-to-grasp-a-deep-understanding-of-the-unfolding-drama-in/)

[Gene Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-edwards/)

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> [“The mightiest kings have had their minions; Great Alexander loved Hephaestion, The conquering Hercules for Hylas wept; And for Patroclus, stern Achilles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-marlowe/the-mightiest-kings-have-had-their-minions-great-alexander-loved/)

[Christopher Marlowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-marlowe/)

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> [King Solomon, who supposedly was the wisest of all men, described his youth as his winter and his advanced years as his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/king-solomon-who-supposedly-was-the-wisest-of-all-men-described-his/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [I value my own independence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than that of having another man perpetually directing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gaskell/i-value-my-own-independence-so-highly-that-i-can-fancy-no-degradation/)

[Elizabeth Gaskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gaskell/)

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> [The facile delusions which conceal from us our true situation all amount to this: that we are, or can be, wiser than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-strauss/the-facile-delusions-which-conceal-from-us-our-true-situation-all/)

[Leo Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-strauss/)

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> [Apollo at Delphi, through the oracular utterance of his priestess, pronounced Socrates the wisest of men. Of him it is related that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/apollo-at-delphi-through-the-oracular-utterance-of-his-priestess/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

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> [“What could be the meaning of this—that he who knew nothing, and knew that he knew nothing, should be declared by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/what-could-be-the-meaning-of-this-that-he-who-knew-nothing-and-knew/)

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

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> [Any man will go considerably out of his way to pick up a silver dollar; but here are golden words, which the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/any-man-will-go-considerably-out-of-his-way-to-pick-up-a-silver/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [ When \[men\] see a pretty woman, and feel the delicious madness of love coming over them, they always stop to calculate her… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/when-men-see-a-pretty-woman-and-feel-the-delicious-madness-of-love/)

[William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/)

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> [“David was caught in a very uncomfortable position; however, he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-edwards/david-was-caught-in-a-very-uncomfortable-position-however-he-seemed/)

[Gene Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-edwards/)

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> [One of the greatest of poets, Coleridge was one of the wisest of men, and it was not for nothing that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/one-of-the-greatest-of-poets-coleridge-was-one-of-the-wisest-of-men/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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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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> [I admire Goethe as one of the smartest and wisest men of all time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-admire-goethe-as-one-of-the-smartest-and-wisest-men-of-all-time/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/the-love-of-fame-is-a-love-that-even-the-wisest-of-men-are-reluctant/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

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> [The wisest men are wise to the full in death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-wisest-men-are-wise-to-the-full-in-death/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [Jed Diamond is, quite simply, one of the wisest men writing today on the topic of male emotional and physical health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gurian/jed-diamond-is-quite-simply-one-of-the-wisest-men-writing-today-on/)

[Michael Gurian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gurian/)

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> [“The wisest men follow their own direction And listen to no prophet guiding them. None but the fools believe in oracles, Forsaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/euripides/the-wisest-men-follow-their-own-direction-and-listen-to-no-prophet/)

[Euripides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/euripides/)

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> [A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.This was said by gene wilder ... what does it mean ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wilder/a-little-nonsense-now-and-then-is-relished-by-the-wisest-men-this-was/)

[Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-wilder/)

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                        "text": "King Solomon, who supposedly was the wisest of all men, described his youth as his winter and his advanced years as his summer. We can be older than we used to be yet feel much younger than we are.",
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                        "text": "Apollo at Delphi, through the oracular utterance of his priestess, pronounced Socrates the wisest of men. Of him it is related that he said with sagacity and great learning that the human breast should have been furnished with open windows, so that men might not keep their feelings concealed, but have them open to the view. Oh that nature, following his idea, had constructed them thus unfolded and obvious to the view.",
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                        "text": "Any man will go considerably out of his way to pick up a silver dollar; but here are golden words, which the wisest men of antiquity have uttered, and whose worth the wise of every succeeding age have assured us of; and yet we learn to read only as far as Easy Reading, the primers and classbooks, and when we leave school, the Little Reading, and story books, which are for boys and beginners; and our reading, our conversation and thinking, are all on a very low level, worthy only of pygmies and manikins.",
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                        "text": "When [men] see a pretty woman, and feel the delicious madness of love coming over them, they always stop to calculate her temper, her money, their own money, or suitableness for the married life… Ha, ha, ha! Let us fool in this way no more. I have been in love forty-three times with all ranks and conditions of women, and would have married every time if they would have let me. How many wives had King Solomon, the wisest of men? And is not that story a warning to us that Love is master of the wisest? It is only fools who defy him.",
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                        "text": "“David was caught in a very uncomfortable position; however, he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few of even the wisest men of his day understood. Something that in our day, when men are wiser still, even fewer understand. And what was that? God did not have - but wanted very much to have - men and women who would live in pain. God wanted a broken vessel.”",
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