Wise Quotes

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life.

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected.

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.

But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be wise, we can learn from them a richer and braver way to live.

Extreme nationalism and Bolshevism have broken up the old world, a new world is in the making. It is literally true that old things are passing away; all things may become new, granted we have wise, unselfish, and determined guides.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs.

A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.