Wise Man Quotes

557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors

Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish. — Hermann Hesse
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There… — Henry David Thoreau
The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity. — Thomas Carlyle
The wise man’s home is the universe. — Democritus
The fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes. — Joe Abercrombie
One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities. — Democritus
Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue. — Saint Francis de Sales
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. — George Herbert
A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail. — Jean de la Bruyere
A wealthy and wise man doesn't shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand. — Michael Bassey
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man. — William Makepeace Thackeray
The wise man lives as long as he ought, not so long as he can. — Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom is a condition of consciousness rather than an attitude of mind. Wisdom is that state of being in which an individual finds himself when… — Manly Hall
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without… — Confucius
The wise man doesn't compete; therefore nobody can compete with him. — Laozi
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off. — Tacitus
A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver. — Charles Caleb Colton
The wise man, the sage, is hostile to the new. Disabused, he abdicates: that is his form of protest. — Emile M. Cioran
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the… — Benjamin Franklin
It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk. — Euripides
Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement. — Euripides
The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him. — Epicurus
A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are… — Robert Bloch
The only loser who walks away from a wise man is the one who walks away. — Frederick Lenz
A good book is a lighthouse; a wise man is a lighthouse; conscience is a lighthouse; compassion is a lighthouse; science is a lighthouse! They… — Mehmet Murat Ildan

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