wisdom Quotes (62)

“To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great profit.”

“A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.”

“It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.”

“An approximate answer to the right question is worth far more than a precise answer to the wrong one.”

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

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

“Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.”

“Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.”

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

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

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

“Feed a cold and starve a fever.”

“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.”

“Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,--'Wait and hope'.”

“The wisest men follow their own direction.”

“Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.”

“He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from every One. Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”

“They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.”

“At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment.”

“Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the life-long attempt to acquire it.”

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

“Life's tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.”

“In a household, stinginess is an enemy worse than harm itself.”

“Misfortune is the conclusion of fools.”

“Money is a good servant but a bad master.”

“To reach the highest point, start from the lowest place.”

“If you finish as carefully as you begin, there will be no failure.”

“Choose a beautiful ending over a beautiful beginning.”

“He who considers himself wise is truly a fool.”