Wise Man Quotes

557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. — Laozi
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man… — Seneca the Younger
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick. — Sophocles
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him. — Thomas Hobbes
In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.… — David Hume
A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession. — Hippocrates
If the way which I have pointed out as leading to this result (i.e., power over the emotions by which the wise man surpasses the… — Baruch Spinoza
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. — William Penn
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not… — Seneca the Younger
Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them — Miriam Makeba
Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool. — Thomas A. Edison
A wise man once said-'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,' — Michael Stipe
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. — Diogenes
Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else. — Hermann Hesse
A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself. — Dogen
The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself. — Plato
In honesty you have to admit to a wise man that prayer is not for the wise, not for the prudent, not for the sophisticated.… — Frederick Buechner
Do not use your energy except for a cause more noble than yourself. Such a cause cannot be found except in Almighty God Himself: to… — Ibn Hazm
Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. — Robert Southey
The sot drinks, and is drunken: the coward drinks not, and shivers: the wise man, brave and free, drinks, and gives glory to the Most… — Aleister Crowley
The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling. — Laozi
The only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesn’t teach us anything. — Michael Lewis
To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone. There is a… — John Hall Gladstone
A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. — Heinrich Heine
Go where he will, the wise man is at home, His hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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