[ wise Quotes ]



Showing search results for Wise Quotes - 294 quotes about wise - Dictionary Quotes
294 quotes

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.
Laughter
Joseph Addison

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1121 votes

A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
Wisdom
African Proverb

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1564 votes

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Quotations
Amos Bronson Alcott

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 912 votes

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
Life and Living
Sholom Aleichem

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1072 votes

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.
Argument
Anacharsis

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 913 votes

A wise man's day is worth a fool's life.
Wealth
Arabian Proverb

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1261 votes

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.
Enemies
Aristophanes

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 997 votes

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
Wisdom
Aristophanes

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1102 votes

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Pleasure
Aristotle

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 872 votes

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 965 votes

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool.
Wisdom
Rabbi Ben Azai

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 964 votes

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Opportunity
Francis Bacon

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 991 votes

The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.
Nationalities and Nationalism
Francis Bacon

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 809 votes

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
Public
George Bancroft

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 845 votes

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Wisdom
Matsuo Basho

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 943 votes

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
Adversity
Henry Ward Beecher

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1283 votes

Wise men still seek Him today.
Wisdom
Dan Bell

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 871 votes

Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely?
News
E. C. Bentley

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1001 votes

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
Death and Dying
Yogi Berra

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 989 votes

Even as a tortoise draws in its limbs, the wise can draw in their senses at will.
Choice
Bhagavad Gita

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 931 votes

What is work and what is not work are questions that perplex the wisest of men.
Work
Bhagavad Gita

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 848 votes

A fool think he needs no advice, but a wise man listens to others. [Proverbs 12:15]
Advice
Bible

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1354 votes

A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Gifts
Bible

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1285 votes

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength. [Proverbs 24:5]
Power
Bible

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1315 votes

Great men are not always wise.
Greatness
Bible

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 715 votes
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun