Wise Quotes

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

The arrow shot by the archer may or may not kill a single person. But stratagems devised by wise men can kill even babes in the womb.

He shall despise none, but hear the opinions of all. A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.

An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later the victory is sure to come

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

Of all knowledge the wise and good seek most to know themselves.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.

The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.

I am very conscious that I am not wise at all.

The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.

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

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

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.