Wise Man Quotes
557 quotes by 372 authors
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in…
— Aristotle
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
— Francis Bacon
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Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of…
— Annie Besant
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
— Aeschylus
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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
— William Blake
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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
— Andrew Carnegie
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The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such…
— Giacomo Casanova
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O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always…
— Chanakya
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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
— Chanakya
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A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
— Lord Chesterfield
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
— Thomas Aquinas
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There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.
— Seneca the Younger
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.
— Harry Anderson
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The wise man of Miletus thus declared the first of things is water
— John Stuart Blackie
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I…
— Tryon Edwards
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Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a…
— Salvador Dali
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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
Who Wrote These Wise Man Quotes
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