Wise Man Quotes

557 Wise Man quotes by 357 unique authors

To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present. — Robert Green Ingersoll
I need not print a line, nor conjure with the painter's tools to prove myself an artist ... Whilst in other spheres of labor the… — J. D. Sedding
The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool. — William Blake
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing… — Sophocles
A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. — Laozi
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man… — Seneca the Younger
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick. — Sophocles
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him. — Thomas Hobbes
In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.… — David Hume
A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession. — Hippocrates
If the way which I have pointed out as leading to this result (i.e., power over the emotions by which the wise man surpasses the… — Baruch Spinoza
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. — William Penn
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not… — Seneca the Younger
Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them — Miriam Makeba
Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool. — Thomas A. Edison
A wise man once said-'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,' — Michael Stipe
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. — Diogenes
Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else. — Hermann Hesse
A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself. — Dogen

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