Wise Quotes - page 2

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. (Epictetus)
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. View quote
Epictetus
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. View quote
Joseph Addison
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. View quote
Epicurus
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. View quote
Plutarch
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil. View quote
Aeschylus
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge. View quote
Sun Tzu
To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth. View quote
Democritus
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. View quote
Aristotle
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. View quote
William James
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. (Baltasar Gracián)
No wise man ever wished to be younger. View quote
Jonathan Swift
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. View quote
Albert Einstein
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. View quote
Edward Abbey
It is never too late to be wise. View quote
Daniel Defoe
You can't be wise and in love at the same time. View quote
Bob Dylan
I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. View quote
Colette
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. View quote
Charles Spurgeon
Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
It is impossible to love and to be wise. (Francis Bacon)
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. View quote
Jonathan Swift
Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion. View quote
Robertson Davies
Our greatest stupidities may be very wise. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. View quote
David Hume
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