Wise Quotes

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. (William Butler Yeats)
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. View quote
Cato the Elder
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. View quote
Jean de La Fontaine
No man was ever wise by chance. View quote
Seneca
The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never. View quote
Immanuel Kant
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. View quote
Jean de La Fontaine
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. View quote
Oscar Wilde
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. View quote
Bruce Lee
Only the supremely wise and the ignorant do not alter. View quote
Confucius
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. View quote
Samuel Johnson
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)
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. View quote
Thomas Szasz
The wise man must be wise before, not after, the event. View quote
Epicharmus of Kos
It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well. View quote
Plutarch
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesnt believe, and leaves before she is left. View quote
Marilyn Monroe
A word to the wise is enough. View quote
Plautus
The fool wonders, the wise man asks. View quote
Benjamin Disraeli
A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket. View quote
Miguel de Cervantes
Wise men make more opportunities than they find. View quote
Francis Bacon
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. View quote
Laozi
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. (Plato)
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. View quote
Aesop
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. View quote
Quintilian
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. View quote
Aristophanes
📖 Wise Proverbs