Wisdom Wise Quotes

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A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.

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

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.

Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

No one is wise by birth, for wisdom results from one own's efforts.

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.

The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.

A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word tht passes between one's teeth is meant for something.

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.

An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.

Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity And you will find yourself upon the one way, The way of wisdom.

These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.

Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease.

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.

He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all.

It is the path of least resistance that makes rivers and men crooked.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.

Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

Wise people have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it.

A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.

If we don't know our own history, we are deemed to live it.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed.

The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage. [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.]

Use your imagination lovingly on behalf of another.

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

In every war, there are always elements of blindness.

Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean.

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.

A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.