Wise Man Quotes

557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors

No one acts more foolishly than a wise man in love. — Charles Dickens
The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. — Francis Bacon Sr
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There… — Henry David Thoreau
ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind… — Ambrose Bierce
It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way. — French Proverb
Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in… — Socrates
When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will not — Benjamin Franklin
All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man. — Henry David Thoreau
A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength. [Proverbs 24:5] — Bible
Water is the only drink for a wise man. — Henry David Thoreau
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may… — Bible
A wise man puts aside 10 percent of the money he gets - and 90 percent of the free advice. — Unknown Author
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion — Chinese Proverbs
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance — Bible
The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water. — Proverb
He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty — Samuel Johnson
There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself. — William Shakespeare
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favor cannot satisfy him — Samuel Johnson
'Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

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