Wise Man Quotes

557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors

Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further. — Aeschylus
A wise man sings his joy in the closet of his heart. — Tibullus
Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others. — Johann Gottfried Herder
A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub. The gardener objected that it only flowered once in a hundred years. "In… — John Charles Polanyi
His eyes drifted leisurely back up to my face and he smiled at me appreciatively, "Kelsey, when a man spends time with a beautiful woman,… — Colleen Houck
Sometimes Allah punishes and sometimes men have to do it, and it is a wise man who knows if it's Allah's turn or his own. — Zadie Smith
Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too. — Robert A. Heinlein
Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything… — Gerald of Wales
More often than not, in order to find truth, a wise man must suffer the ravings of the insane. There is no undiscovered truth to… — Derek R. Audette
The errors of a wise man are literally more instructive than the truths of a fool. The wise man travels in lofty, far-seeing regions; the… — Thomas Carlyle
The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas. — Joseph Addison
The wise man is seldom prudent. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
A wise man is out of the reach of fortune. — Thomas Browne
Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who is fortunate and… — Saadi
The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone. — Benjamin Franklin
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. — William Shakespeare
I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool.… — William Blake
Why are a 'wise man' and a 'wiseguy' opposites? — George Carlin
No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse. — Dalai Lama
Whoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity… — Gautama Buddha
Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool. — Og Mandino
The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping. — Socrates
The man who broods over the past can never master the difficulties of today. Every wise man learn to forget. — Herbert Newton Casson
A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he has performed; domestic… — Chanakya

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