Wise Quotes

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

'Tis folly to be wise.

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

It's just a logical guess that they are very very wise to put someone from the old series in it, and if you had to choose, it would be a very difficult decision.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

It can't possibly last for years and browsing has its limits. Only a certain amount is healthy or wise.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple.

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

At what point does CNN wise up and rein in 'Larry King Live' to save itself?

Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.