The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool. Votes: 3
William BlakeA fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. Votes: 0
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonLife with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinAll this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauThe wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. Votes: 0
Claude Levi-StraussThe fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes. Votes: 0
Joe AbercrombieThat's a wise substitution by Terry Venables: three fresh man, three fresh legs. Votes: 0
Jimmy HillA wise man will keep his suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake. Votes: 0
Sir George Savile, 8th BaronetThe wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man. Votes: 0
Gautama BuddhaA wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. Votes: 0
Grantland RiceThe wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerA wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment. Votes: 0
Frank ZappaA wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Votes: 0
Jean de la BruyereNo teacher, preacher, parent, friend, or wise man can decide what's right for you. Votes: 0
Shel SilversteinCabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceA wise man can say a foolish thing at any time, anywhere, and to anybody. Votes: 0
Michael Bassey JohnsonA wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldNo man is so wise that he cannot benefit by talking things out with others. Votes: 0
Richard L. EvansThe wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate. Votes: 0
Andrew CarnegieThe follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions. Votes: 0
Morgan FreemanThere are two roads to every place, and the wise man chooses the pleasant one. Votes: 0
Phyllis BentleyMany's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know... Votes: 0
Richard WagnerThe one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise. Votes: 0
AeschylusA wealthy and wise man doesn't shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand. Votes: 0
Michael Bassey JohnsonThe wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinMan may his fate foresee, but not prevent. 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise. Votes: 0
John WebsterA wealthy and wise man doesn't shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand. Votes: 0
Michael BasseyTo write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. Votes: 0
AristotleThe foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. Votes: 0
James OppenheimRedefined soul anew, bow now with pride. Reborn from the darkness, a man now wise. Votes: 0
Tyler J. HebertThe foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet. Votes: 0
James OppenheimThe learned man aims for more. But the wise man decreases. And then decreases again. Votes: 0
James AltucherThe wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control. Votes: 0
PythagorasA wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order. Votes: 0
Napoleon HillA wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful. Votes: 0
Criss JamiWhen proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing. Votes: 0
Ali ibn Abi TalibJohn Green is a very handsome, intelligent, and wise man. He smells really weird though. Votes: 0
Hank GreenIf thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man. Votes: 0
William Makepeace ThackerayWhen a man is going to try and borrow money, it is wise to look prosperous Votes: 0
Benjamin DisraeliSAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies. Votes: 0
Diana Wynne JonesA wise man never enjoys himself so much, nor a fool so little, as when alone. Votes: 0
Josh BillingsA man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed. Votes: 0
Baltasar GracianWhat is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity. Votes: 0
Sathya Sai BabaThe wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. Votes: 0
Samuel SmilesA wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks. Votes: 0
Ali ibn Abi TalibA man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauThe old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard. Votes: 0
Luther Standing BearLet there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further. Votes: 0
AeschylusA wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me. Votes: 0
Bernie EcclestoneEvery man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonDuring a wise man's whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege. Votes: 0
Victor HugoA man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind. Votes: 0
SophoclesWho can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareGive a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement. Votes: 0
EuripidesEvery man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life. Votes: 0
PlautusGreatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools. Votes: 0
Thomas OtwayA man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. Votes: 0
Gian Carlo MenottiA man is sane morally at thirty, rich mentally at forty, wise spiritually at fifty-or never! Votes: 0
William OslerA man is wise not because of his intelligence, but because of his understanding and kindness. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaA wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by! Votes: 0
Solomon Ibn GabirolWisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish. Votes: 0
Hermann HesseWisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinHe who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerA fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareThe fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareFor one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you are a wise man, Van Helsing. Votes: 0
Garrett FortHave you never heard what the wise man say : all of the future exists in the past. Votes: 0
Truman CapoteA cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe fool is looking for happiness far away. The wise man makes it grow under his feet. Votes: 0
James OppenheimA wise man once told me that only by leaving someone good can you meet someone better. Votes: 0
Pittacus LoreEvery fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying. Votes: 0
Harry AndersonThe truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinions of any man. Votes: 0
R. A. TorreyWhen a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes. Votes: 0
Vinoba BhaveA lonely tree in the desert shares the same fate with the wise man amongst the ignorant! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanOnly a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Votes: 0
Otto von BismarckWater jokes about the obstacles on its way; wise man jokes about the obstacles on his way! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanThe two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. Votes: 0
EpictetusThe stubborn stops when finding a mistake, the wise man will not stop until finding the true. Votes: 0
Samael Aun WeorPassion is a young man's game. Young people can be passionate. Older people gotta be more wise. Votes: 0
Bob DylanThe wise man contents himself with what he has, until such time as he invents something better. Votes: 0
Jose SaramagoIt takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. Votes: 0
Fannie HurstWise is the man who says what needs to be said, but not all that could be said. Votes: 0
Marvin J. AshtonThe man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love. Votes: 0
Theodor ReikBy the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. Votes: 0
Billy CrystalA pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth. Votes: 0
C. S. LewisTo speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Votes: 0
Ben JonsonTo speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Votes: 0
Ben JonsonA wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all. Votes: 0
EuripidesI do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear. Votes: 0
Patrick RothfussAnger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools. Votes: 0
David C. StarkThe wise man is he who is not surprised when he finds stale tea in a beautiful teapot! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanThe wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world Votes: 0
DemocritusNever we sleep, a thug doesn't rest, Cause a wise man said: it was a cousin of death. Votes: 0
Big PunWell, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them. Votes: 0
Hans Christian AndersenSweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom To believe in the good in man. Votes: 0
Jon AndersonA wise man once said-'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,' Votes: 0
Michael StipeLearned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. Votes: 0
Michel de MontaigneA wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe. Votes: 0
Adlai Stevenson INothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view. Votes: 0
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxThe only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing. Votes: 0
Frederick Salomon PerlsWise man is a lake full with fishes; clever man is a fisherman who often visits this lake! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanA wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. Votes: 0
PlatoThe wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him. Votes: 0
SocratesNo matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenBankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard Votes: 0
Will DurantBankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard Votes: 0
Will Durant quotesBankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard. Votes: 0
Will DurantThe wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonAll knowledge is interesting to a wise man, and the knowledge of nature is interesting to all men. Votes: 0
Matthew ArnoldAfrica has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them Votes: 0
Miriam MakebaThe only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesn't teach us anything. Votes: 0
Michael LewisA wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. Votes: 0
Louis L'AmourOne fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years. Votes: 0
Coventry PatmoreGo where he will, the wise man is at home, His hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. Votes: 0
William HazlittWhen a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well. Votes: 0
EuripidesA wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. Votes: 0
Bruce LeeFor this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. Votes: 0
AeschylusThere are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom. Votes: 0
Nicolas ChamfortI've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. Votes: 0
Francois RabelaisThe words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. Votes: 0
Doris LessingWhere two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall. Votes: 0
PlutarchTo the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present. Votes: 0
Robert Green IngersollA wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who. Votes: 0
Jay-ZIt is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man. Votes: 0
Gautama BuddhaGiving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenA wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears. Votes: 0
ConfuciusThe wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the fad of a cynical and apathetic age. Votes: 0
L. Ron HubbardIt is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. Votes: 0
Felix FrankfurterA single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe wise man, the sage, is hostile to the new. Disabused, he abdicates: that is his form of protest. Votes: 0
Emile M. CioranConceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows. Votes: 0
Isabel AllendeThe heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinIf it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Votes: 0
Jean de la BruyereNo man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonAny one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it. Votes: 0
Charles Caleb ColtonThe tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping. Votes: 0
SocratesThat's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise. Votes: 0
George EliotA wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver. Votes: 0
Charles Caleb ColtonA wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex. Votes: 0
Franz GrillparzerMan is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool. Votes: 0
Solomon Ibn GabirolOnly fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart. Votes: 0
Jack MaFor ocean, whale is a small fish; for wise man, small fish is an ocean! Sun, hides in the candle! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanWho was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death. Votes: 0
Jacoby ShaddixA wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man. Votes: 0
Malcolm XIf the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out. Votes: 0
Gotthold Ephraim LessingIf you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin Then mister you're a better man than I Votes: 0
Steven TylerTo a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth. Votes: 0
DemocritusA vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Votes: 0
Jean de la BruyereEven a wise man knows doubt from time to time, it is the fool who allows it to rule his judgement. Votes: 0
Jennifer MelzerThe wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. Votes: 0
Herbert SpencerSo near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroWhere does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonNo man is bound to be rich or great, - no, nor to be wise; but every man is bound to be honest. Votes: 0
Benjamin RudyerdIf you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life. Votes: 0
Seneca the Younger