wise Quotes

“As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.”

“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”

“A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.”

“There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.”

“Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.”

“A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.”

“We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.”

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

“Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.”