Wise Quotes

Wise men make more opportunities than they find. (Francis Bacon)
A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother. View quote
Solomon
Only the supremely wise and the ignorant do not alter. View quote
Confucius
A word to the wise is enough. View quote
Plautus
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. View quote
Aristophanes
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. View quote
Joseph Addison
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. View quote
Thomas Szasz
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. View quote
Quintilian
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil. View quote
Aeschylus
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. View quote
Laozi
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. (Plato)
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. View quote
Epicurus
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. View quote
Samuel Johnson
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. View quote
Aesop
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. View quote
Plutarch
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge. View quote
Sun Tzu
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. View quote
William James
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. View quote
Bruce Lee
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesnt believe, and leaves before she is left. View quote
Marilyn Monroe
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. (Baltasar Gracián)
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. View quote
William Butler Yeats
No wise man ever wished to be younger. View quote
Jonathan Swift
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. View quote
Albert Einstein
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. View quote
Edward Abbey