wisdom Quotes (126)

“Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future.”

“The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.”

“Effective questioning brings insight, which fuels curiosity, which cultivates wisdom.”

“It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”

“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

“At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.”

“A wise man knows everything; a shrewd one, everybody.”

“A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.”

“A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbors is the beginning of wisdom.”

“The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.”

“Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark.”

“No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.”

“To learn and never be filled, is wisdom; to teach and never be weary, is love.”

“The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.”

“It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.”

“Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.”

“Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.”

“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”

“Everything in life is speaking in spite of its apparent silence.”

“Be moderate in everything, including moderation.”

“Deep rivers move with silent majesty, shallow brooks are noisy.”

“Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”

“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times.”

“Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water.”

“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.”

“A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.”

“He labors vainly, who endeavors to please every person.”

“Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.”

“By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.”

“Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters.”

“Prudent men choose frugal wives.”

“Learning is a means of livelihood.”

“In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.”

“It is a pleasure to give advice, humiliating to need it, normal to ignore it.”

“You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.”

“In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.”

“It is better to leave your audience before your audience leaves you.”

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”

“A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.”

“A good retreat is better than a bad stand.”

“Only stretch your foot to the length of your blanket.”

“The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.”

“Be polite to all, but intimate with few.”

“Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.”

“The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.”

“Old oxen have stiff horns.”

“Great intellects are skeptical.”

“Deliberate slowly, execute quickly.”

“Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.”