Wise Quotes

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.

But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing in the world either way.

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader.

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

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

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

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.

You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.

'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

I'm not really wise. But I can be cranky.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Our greatest stupidities may be very 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.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

The fool inherits, but the wise must get.