Wisest Quotes

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: 'Do the dishes while you're cooking.'

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

The wisest man I ever knew in my whole life could not read or write.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time.

The wisest of the wise may err.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.