Wise Man Quotes

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine
Death Wise Man Wise Man Never He Takes Ready Always Go Surprise
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws. Walt Whitman
Wise Man Wise Man Liberty Law Every Consider On The Contrary Release Constraint Laws Sees Potent Shallow Contrary
A man must fortify himself and understand that a wise man who yields to laziness or anger or passion or love of drink, or who commits any other action prompted by impulse and inopportune, will probably find his fault condoned; but if he stoops to greed, he will not be pardoned, but render himself odious as a combination of all vices at once. Apollonius of Tyana
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. Aristotle
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The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. Euripides
Life Best Great You Wise Man Wise Man Balance Live Way Powers Safest Around Acknowledge Us Really Your Keep Thing
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Heinrich Heine
Wise Man Wise Man Fool Speak Eloquence Talk Well Talking Same May Speaks Things Two
The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world. Charles Caleb Colton
Wise Man Wise Man Fool World Mistakes Himself Known
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. Diogenes
Wise Man Wise Man Fool Finger Only Between Difference
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich. Frank Herbert
Wise Man Wise Man Rich Never Know Contented Does Discontented Whilst Poor
Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket. Andrew Carnegie
Thoughts Wise Man Wise Man Puts Concentrate His Eggs Energies Capital Your Watches Basket
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. Diogenes
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. Herodotus
Wise Man Wise Man Hateful Misfortune Most Human Influence
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. Diogenes
Wise Man Wise Man Takes Discover
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick. Sophocles
Wise Man Wise Man Mind Sick Chatter Does Whose
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. Washington Allston
Wise Man Wise Man Competition Worthy Only Himself
All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Henry David Thoreau
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The secret of the wise man is to learn from the errors of others. Alisson
Wise Man Wise Man Others Secret Learn Errors The Secret Of
I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world. Chris Kattan
Wise Man Wise Man World Nice Kind Some Pocket Like Sound Trying Little Realize Turned Your Whole
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. Du Mu
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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. Fannie Hurst
Wise Man Wise Man Clever Enough Takes Clever Man Turn Cynic
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention. Franz Schubert
Wise Man Wise Man Fool Misfortune Greatest Convention Unhappiness Based
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with. Giacomo Casanova
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A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to it that every contingency is provided for in detail. Han Fei
Wise Man Wise Man Book Argument Every Sets Ruler Detail Laws Sees Writes He Clearly Makes Contingency His Provided Forth Fully Enlightened
A wise man has to always listen to the peers he surrounds around himself. That's why you surround yourself with other smart people. Captain Kirk keep Mr. Spock right beside him. Rza
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Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination. Swami Sivananda
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The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false. Thomas Huxley
Wise Man Wise Man Honest Man Will Only True Doctrine Himself False Question Any Whether Which Ask Honest
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