Wise Men Quotes

207 Wise Men quotes by 168 unique authors

The simple person lives the way he breathes, with no more effort or glory, with no more affectation and without shame Simplicity is freedom, buoyancy,… — Andre Comte-Sponville
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose… — Alan Paton
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate… — Cato the Elder
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen — Pindar
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. — Plutarch
A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out. — Saul Bellow
Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men. — Fernando Pessoa
The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that led the wise men to the fulfillment of their expectations, the success of their expedition.… — D. James Kennedy
Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many fools to hide… — Orson Scott Card
True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise.… — Laozi
Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools, I've got nothing, Ma, to live up to. — Bob Dylan
What is wrong with priests and popes is that instead of being apostles and saints, they are nothing but empirics who say I know instead… — George Bernard Shaw
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. — Alphonse de Lamartine
Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms. — William Shakespeare
All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes. — Winston Churchill
Fools make researches and wise men exploit them. — H.G. Wells
Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to… — Gautama Buddha
When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean. — Linji Yixuan
Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe… — Gautama Buddha
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
Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool. — Thomas A. Edison
For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood… — Origen
Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them. — R. H. Tawney
This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence, but in a certain sense the whole; only… — Erwin Schrodinger

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