Wise Men Quotes

207 Wise Men quotes by 168 unique authors

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living. — Finley Peter Dunne
Wise men read very sharply all of your private history in your look and gait and behavior. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand. — William Shakespeare
A coquette is a young lady of more beauty than sense, more accomplishments than learning, more charms not person than graces of mind, more admirers… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Though the desire of fame be the last weakness Wise men put off. — Philip Massinger
Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men. — Cato the Younger
Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen — John Muir
Wise men have interpreted dreams, and the gods have laughed. — H P Lovecraft
I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17). — Saint Basil
For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the… — Izaak Walton
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. — Benjamin Franklin
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. — Napoleon Hill
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. — Thomas Huxley
Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end? — Muhammad Iqbal
The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three… — Jay Leno
What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for. — John Milton
Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry. — George Jean Nathan
In Greece wise men speak and fools decide. — George Santayana
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. — William Shakespeare
There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion. — Cat Stevens

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