Wise Quotes

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.

The wisest of the wise may err.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven.

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates?

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

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

Nothing wise was ever printed upon an apron.

There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more coming to share with each other as comrades, and really the fun of life seems in no wise diminished as a consequence.

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

In our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might say, well does that mean that you should never have a lost person as your friend? No, I wouldn't say that. But you can't have the same intimacy with a lost person that you can with a godly person in whom the Holy Spirit is living.

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

Maybe politically it wasn't wise but when people have different view points I think the public has a right to hear it and the public has a right to make decisions based on those view points.