Wise Quotes

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

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

The fool speaks, the wise man listens.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

Who is wise? One who learns from all.

Believe me, wise men don't say 'I shall live to do that', tomorrow's life's too late, live today.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

He was a wise man who invented beer.

If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools.

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.

Better a wise foe than a foolish friend.

Money is the wise man's religion.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.