Character Quote by William Shakespeare

In matters of conscience that is the best sense which every wise man takes in before he hath sullied his understanding with the designs…

— Jeremy Taylor

A word for the wise is not neccessary, it is only the foolish once that needs it.

— Joseph David

He is wise that is wise to himself.

— Euripides

The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

... you must hasten to oppose pernicious pride of mind, before it penetrates into the marrow of your bones. Resist it, curb the quickness…

— Lorenzo Scupoli

He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise, The inward monitor obeys.…

— John Greenleaf Whittier

Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.

— Black Francis

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise…

— Thomas Aquinas

To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

He is not wise to me who is wise in words only, but he who is wise in deeds.

— Anonymous

A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the…

— Charles Spurgeon

The one who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is a wise person.

— Kavinder Kanwar