Wise Man Quotes

557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool. — Seneca the Younger
Silence is an answer to a wise man. — Plutarch
History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by language… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich. — Frank Herbert
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. — Diogenes
The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a… — Carl Jung
The truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinions of any man. — Reuben Archer Torrey
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy. — Samuel Johnson
With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as… — William Hazlitt
Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. — Gautama Buddha
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. — Publilius Syrus
He was a wise man who invented beer. — Plato
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good. — Gautama Buddha
One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure. To one… — Gautama Buddha
If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great. — Gautama Buddha
If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers… — Gautama Buddha
Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the flavor of soup. — Gautama Buddha

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