Gifted Quote by Evelyn Waugh

The more he became truly wise, the more he distrusted everything he knew.

— Voltaire

Students of cunning have consumed their hearts and learned only tricks; they've thrown away real riches: patience, self-sacrifice, generosity. Rich thought opens the way.

— Rumi

“Though never losing his taste for seclusion, he developed a talent for getting on with people in all walks of life, and those who…

— Anthony Stevens

Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows…

— Owen Feltham

“He was destined to learn his own wisdom apart from others or to learn the wisdom of others himself wandering among the snares of…

— James Joyce

He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.

— Publilius Syrus

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion…

— Edmund Burke

“Wisdom is not merchandise, hence it is possible to come across a rich fool.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

“A wise man will not trust too much those who admire him, even for his wisdom. He knows that an admirer is never truly…

— Ben Hecht

Riches are apt to betray a man into arrogance.

— Joseph Addison

As riches and honor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity.

— Jean de la Bruyere

“For the wise man does not consider himself unworthy of any gifts from Fortune’s hands: he does not love wealth but he would rather…

— Seneca