Wise Man Quotes

557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors

The wise man knows the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise. — Ibn Hazm
We cannot advance without new experiments in living, but no wise man tries every day what he has proved wrong the day before. — James Truslow Adams
A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket. — Miguel de Cervantes
There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for. — Robin Williams
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of… — Charles Dudley Warner
Nature herself makes the wise man rich. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to… — Homer
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest… — Seneca the Younger
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard — Will Durant
The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh. — Andre Gide
The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing. — Frederick Salomon Perls
What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity. — Sathya Sai Baba
I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers.. I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a… — John F. Kennedy
As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and only wise man,… — Desiderius Erasmus
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart. — Confucius
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. — Mark Twain
The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. — Samuel Smiles
Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions. — Morgan Freeman
I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the… — Chris Kattan

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