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Wise Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the…
- Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.
- He that thinks he is the happiest man, really is so. But he that thinks he is the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
- Logic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it for two purposes,…
- It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.
- A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver.
- The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.
- If martyrdom is now on the decline, it is not because martyrs are less zealous, but because martyr-mongers are more wise. The light of intellect…
- Love is a volcano, the crater of which no wise man will approach too nearly, lest ... he should be swallowed up.
- The wise man has his follies, no less than the fool; but it has been said that herein lies the difference--the follies of the fool…
- Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
- Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
- The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but…
- No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power
More Wise Quotes
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. — Arthur Ashe
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov