wise quotes

“A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ”

— Plato

“He was a wise man who invented beer.”

— Plato

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. ”

— Plato

“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”

— Plato

“We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.”

— Plato

“The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.”

— Plato

“Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.”

— Plato

“The wisest have the most authority.”

— Plato

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

— Lin Yutang

“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.”

— Rodin

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

— Quintilian

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

— Quintilian

“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.”

— Aristotle

“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.”

— Aristotle

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

— Lao Tzu

“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.”

— Confucius

“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.”

— Buddha

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

— Buddha

wise quotes

“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”

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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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“A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ”

“He was a wise man who invented beer.”

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. ”

“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”

“We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.”

“The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.”

“Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.”

“The wisest have the most authority.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”