Wise Quotes

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What enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge. — Sun Tzu
Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they… — Zhuge Liang
When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress to act. And… — Sun Tzu
Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have… — Desiderius Erasmus
What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass. — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it… — F. H. Bradley
Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of… — Thomas Browne
It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well. — Plutarch
The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The sage is quiet because he… — Zhuangzi
Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the… — Charles de Gaulle
Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural… — Beverley Nichols
The silence of a wise man is always meaningful. — Leo Strauss
Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. — Pope Boniface VIII
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is… — Sun Tzu
Good bones are important, so it is wise to go slowly and get your plan right before launching into a vital project. — Rosemary Verey
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or… — Seneca the Younger
Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself. — Horace
The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he… — J. P. Morgan
I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge. The wise instructor… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise. — William Penn
A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal. — Alexander Pope
Mistakes are the stepping stones to wisdom, we learn from trial & error, we become wise by understanding problems. — Leon Brown
The wise person questions himself, the fool others. — Henri Arnold Seyrig
Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner. — Josh Billings
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and… — Benjamin Rush

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