Wise Man Quotes

557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors

Wisdom is considered a sign of weakness by the powerful because a wise man can lead without power but only a powerful man can lead… — Mark B. Cohen
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. — Jean de la Bruyere
The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control. — Pythagoras
Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him. — Bayard Taylor
A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence. — David
A wise man hears one word and understands two. — Edgar Allan Poe
He who hopes to avoid all failure and misfortune is trying to live in a fairyland; the wise man realistically accepts failures as a part… — Wilferd Peterson
A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity. — Confucius
It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person' in… — Criss Jami
Love is a volcano, the crater of which no wise man will approach too nearly, lest ... he should be swallowed up. — Charles Caleb Colton
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… — Charles Caleb Colton
The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on… — Bill Vaughan
It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man. — Izaak Walton
It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. — Felix Frankfurter
A wise man turns chance into good fortune. — Thomas Fuller
The fool wanders, a wise man travels. — Thomas Fuller
It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I… — Mel Gibson
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. — Baltasar Gracian
A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half. — Jeff Cooper
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. — Diogenes
The fool wonders, the wise man asks. — Benjamin Disraeli
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. — Epictetus
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. — Epictetus
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. — Epicurus

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