Wise Quotes

4345 quotes by 2190 authors

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear, but… — Anne Bradstreet
It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral. — D. H. Lawrence
It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. — Philippe Quinault
I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious. — Glenda Jackson
If you are to be among the noble you must be noble. If you are to be among the wise, you must be wise, if… — Hugh B. Brown
Life without sex might be safer but it would be unbearably dull. It is the sex instinct which makes women seem beautiful, which they are… — H. L. Mencken
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are… — Gautama Buddha
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. — Gautama Buddha
The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world. — Gautama Buddha
The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see. — Huangbo Xiyun
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is… — Gautama Buddha
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. — Gautama Buddha
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. — Publilius Syrus
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth… — Gautama Buddha
As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth. — Gautama Buddha
He was a wise man who invented beer. — Plato
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise. — Sallust
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good. — Gautama Buddha
Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves. — Gautama Buddha
Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame. — Gautama Buddha

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