Wise QuotesThe wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.  The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all. Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. The sleep of a wise man is far better than the worship of an ignorant one during the night. The wise one does not speak to one whom he fears he shall be belied, he does not ask anyone of anything if he fears he shall not give, and he does not repose hope on one whom he does not trust. It is wiser to abstain then to repent. Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. The wise are wise only because they love. The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise. The fool wonders, the wise man asks. It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks. Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties,
And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise. If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. You are wise, and know how to apply it. |
