Being wise Quote by Epicharmus of Kos Download Open image “The wise man must be wise before, not after, the event.” — Epicharmus of Kos ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being wise Events Men Wisdom Wise Wise man
The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control. — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“The truly wise man is the one who can keep external events from changing him in any way. To do this, he covers himself… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Only mind has sight and hearing; all things else are deaf and blind. — Epicharmus of Kos Copy Share Image
It is the understanding that sees and hears; it is the understanding that improves everything, that orders everything, and that acts, rules, and reigns. — Epicharmus of Kos Copy Share Image
“The hand washes the hand: give something and you may get something.” — Epicharmus of Kos Copy Share Image
To be smart, spend carefully. To be wise, save regularly. To be genius, give extravagantly. — Chip Ingram Copy Share Image
Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen proprerly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool. There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
To be wise was to be above joy and sorrow, fear and pity, ambition and humiliation. It was to hate nothing and to love… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace. — Gregory Corso Copy Share Image
Were anyone wondering how Sen. Harry Reid intended to manage life in the minority, it took one day of the 114th Congress to get… — Kimberley Strassel Copy Share Image
If we are going to be wise, spiritual people prepared to meet the crises of our age, we must be a studying, learning community… — J.P. Moreland Copy Share Image
Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of… — Louise Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
The goal of a passionate artist is to try and make a masterpiece each and every time, yet be wise enough to know you… — Donato Giancola Copy Share Image
