wise quotes

“The wise man reads both books and life itself.”

“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before... He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.”

“When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.”

“Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.”

“Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.”

— Martin Luther King

“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”

“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.”

“He who knows others is wise
He who know himself is enlightened.”

“A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.”

— Hippocrates

“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

“The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.”

— Paulo Coelho

“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”

— George Orwell

“Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.”

— Lewis Carroll

“Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.”

— Agatha Christie

“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”

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

— Winston Churchill

“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”

— Franklin Roosevelt

“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.”

“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”

“To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”

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

“Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.”

“Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury. ”

— Coco Chanel

“Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head. ”

“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. ”

“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.”

“Among mortals second thoughts are wisest. ”

“Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise. ”

“He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.”

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