Wise Man Quotes

557 quotes by 357 authors

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
The silence of a wise man is always meaningful. — Leo Strauss
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
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. — Herbert Spencer
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!ÃŠ It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for… — Miguel de Cervantes
The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom. — Nicolas Chamfort
Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control… — Epicurus
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go… — Seneca the Younger
Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult. — John Churton Collins
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently. — Benjamin Franklin
The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid. — Marcus Aurelius
The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice. — Laozi
The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole… — Zhuangzi
He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. — Samuel Johnson
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. — Norman Douglas

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