Wise Man Quotes
557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors
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That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's…
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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A wise man once remarked that we can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.
— Wendy Mass
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Have you never heard what the wise man say : all of the future exists in the past.
— Truman Capote
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I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man,…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.
— Frank Zappa
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The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, "I feel this is right for me, I know that this…
— Shel Silverstein
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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
— Aristotle
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Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but…
— A. E. Housman
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Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money…
— George Burns
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It is delightful to transport one's self into the spirit of the past, to see how a wise man has thought before us
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The exaltation and happiness of any community, goes hand in hand with the knowledge possessed by the people, when applied to laudable ends; whereupon we…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.
— Confucius
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The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Let it come in. We…
— Mitch Albom
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Jimmy Lee Baylis was a wise man, and knew better than to talk back to the man who signed his paycheck.
— Carl Hiaasen
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She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and…
— Mark Twain
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the only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be…
— John Stuart Mill
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You know, it’s amazing to me the wounds we carry for eternity. But what has fascinated me most these last few years is how the…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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357 authors contributed a total of 557 Wise Man Quotes, led by these top contributors: