Wise Man Quotes

557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors

A wise man once told me that only by leaving someone good can you meet someone better. — Pittacus Lore
The wise man is he who knows when and how to stop — Victor Hugo
I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear. — Patrick Rothfuss
the wise man should always follow the roads that have been trodden by the great, and imitate those who have most excelled, so that if… — Niccolo Machiavelli
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. — Frank Herbert
A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who. — Jay-Z
If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose… — Brigham Young
A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at the book. "That's such a… — Amanda Hocking
As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances. — Confucius
A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't. — Amanda Hocking
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. — Michel de Montaigne
The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for the deliverance from fear. It is the storm within… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions. — Laozi
All knowledge is interesting to a wise man, and the knowledge of nature is interesting to all men. — Matthew Arnold
It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, "I will live." To-morrow's life is too late; live to-day. — Martial
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. — Fannie Hurst
The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but… — Charles Caleb Colton
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. — William Ralph Inge
A wise man can do no better than to turn from the churches and look up through the airy majesty of the wayside trees with… — Llewelyn Powys
One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years. — Coventry Patmore

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