Wise Man Quotes

557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself. — William Shakespeare
The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine. — Hippocrates
A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again.But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from… — Roy H. Williams
Union of the weakest develops strength not wisdom. Can all men, together, avenge one of the leaves that have fallen in autumn? But the wise… — Wallace Stevens
Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time. — Joseph Conrad
Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural… — James Stephens
Make the wise man within you your living ideal. — Karl G. Maeser
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. — Horace
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. — Anatole France
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God. — Euripides
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. — Thomas Fuller
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among… — Plato
The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself. — Anna Jameson
Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce. — Lord Byron
That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man. — Solomon Burke
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness. — Robert Cecil
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his… — Hippocrates
Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death. — Jacoby Shaddix
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never — Spanish Proverb
The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own. — Leo Stein

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