More Wise Sayings And Quotes

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“A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.”
– Oliver Goldsmith

“Living Life Tomorrow’s fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.”
– Omar Khayyam

“The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.”
– Oscar Wilde

“The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.”
– Paulo Coelho

“Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.”
– Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
– Plato

“A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.”
– Plato

“He was a wise man who invented beer.”
– Plato

“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”
– Plato

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

“We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.”
– Plato

“Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.”
– Plato

“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
– Plutarch

“From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.”
– Publilius Syrus

“A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.”
– Roy H. Williams

“I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.”
– Saint Augustine

“It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.”
– Sam Levenson

“A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.”
– Samuel Johnson

“Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.”
– Samuel Johnson

“A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.”
– Samuel Johnson

“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.”
– Samuel Johnson

“When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange – my youth.”
– Sara Teasdale

“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.”
– Shel Silverstein

“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”
– Sholom Aleichem

“Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.”
– Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.”
– Sonia Sotomayor

“A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.”
– Sophocles

“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.”
– Sun Tzu

“The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.”
– Sun Tzu

“It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.”
– Sun Tzu

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