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.

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

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.

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

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

Who is wise? One who learns from all.

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

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

He was a wise man who invented beer.

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

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

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