Wise Quotes

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

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.

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental.

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.

He that is rich is wise.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.

Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?

Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.

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.

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture!