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No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome. — Josh Billings

The wise man is glad to be instructed, but a self-sufficient fool falls flat on his face. — Anonymous

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. — Diogenes

The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love. — Theodor Reik

Wisdom cannot be passed on. Wisdom which a wise man tries to pass on to someone always sounds like foolishness. — Hermann Hesse

A man is never too young to kill, never too wise, never too strong, but he can damn well be too rich. — Pierce Brown

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed,
nor attempts to govern others. — Jean De La Bruyere

Until the day when a wise black man can become our ambassador in Paris, we will forever be a pre-Brazil. — Nelson Rodrigues

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. — Samuel Butler

9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. — Anonymous

How strange it is, that a fool or a knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty! — Ann Radcliffe

A wise man can be a fool in love. — Chetan Bhagat

A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver. — Charles Caleb Colton

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. — Fannie Hurst

It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always behind. — Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Let a man be ne'er so wise, he may be caught with sober lies. — Jonathan Swift

Whether religion be true or false, it must be necessarily granted to be the only wise principle and safe hypothesis for a man to live and die by. — John Tillotson

The wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing. — Henry Miller

A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces. — Jonathan Swift

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

If you hold onto a man hoping someone else won't get them you have learned how to be desperate, not wise. — Shannon L. Alder

A wise man once asked to his mentor, "What advice would you give the average investor?" his reply was, "DON'T BE AVERAGE. — Celeste Young

Smartass Disciple: My master, please show me how to be a wise man!
Master of Stupidity: I can't. But I can show you how to do something wisely. — Toba Beta

In my business, one learns there is a fine line between insanity and genius. We would be wise to give this man a little respect. — Dan Brown

A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

A person can be educated and still be stupid, and a wise man can have no education at all. — Jennifer A. Nielsen

Life is full of surprises, a wise man said, and would not be worth having if it were not. — Richard Ford

No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master. — Seneca The Younger

Could there ever be a wise man without the wisdom or life or without the death of illusion? — Sorin Cerin

A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave. — Publilius Syrus

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. — Moliere

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare

Do not speak harshly to a grown-up man. He is old enough to be your father. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep — Edgar Watson Howe

If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life. — Seneca The Younger

A wise man once said that the opposite of being alive is being boring, so for God's sake, don't be boring ! — Cameron Jace

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical. — Giacomo Leopardi

We can always be human
Meeting each day a wise new man
But the Animal Kingdom to which we belong
Animals we are; this truth can't be wrong. — Munia Khan

If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Learn everything you can - everything. And then use all that you have learned to grow up too be a wise and good man. — Gary D. Schmidt

Love is a volcano, the crater of which no wise man will approach too nearly, lest ... he should be swallowed up. — Charles Caleb Colton

No man is wise enough to be another man's master. Each man's as good as the next
if not a damn sight better. — Edward Abbey

Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom) — Edith Hamilton

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. — Jean De La Bruyere

A man must learn from his own mistakes, to be what he wishes to be. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes. — Saskya Pandita

A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex. — Franz Grillparzer

Offer a wise man to be the king of the world, he will refuse it because wisdom is already a kingdom and the king is the kingdom itself! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A man can be old and a fool
many are
a man can be young and wise
few are — Charles Bukowski

Rather know nothing than half-know many things! Rather be a fool on one's own account than a wise man in the opinion of others! — Friedrich Nietzsche

But how a man like you, who looks so wise
And wears a moustache of such splendid size,
Can be so foolish as to ... — Moliere

The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world. — Zhuangzi

There's an old Cheyenne saying about how, when a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove. — Larissa Ione

A wise man could not be insulted, since truth could not insult and untruth was not worthy of notice. — Robert A. Heinlein

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him. — Thomas Hobbes

A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity. — Niccolo Machiavelli

A wise man loves any kind of work, be it spiritual, physical or intellectual — Sunday Adelaja

A wise man can never be caught by surprise. — Sunday Adelaja

A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind. — Sophocles

The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does. — Thomas A Kempis

Who can be wise, amazed, temp'rate, and furious,
Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man. — William Shakespeare

For if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know."
Kansas — L.D. Jacobson

A wise woman knows the importance of speaking life into her man. If you love him; believe in him, encourage him and be his peace. — Denzel Washington

A man who is not in his proper place of reverence for and submission to God cannot be wise. — Jim Berg

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare

Love is not control, Logan. Love is partnership. Friendship. A wise man once said, 'If you want to be loved, be lovable. — Jessica Clare

A wise man is closer to God than a fool will ever be to himself. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it's not the work they're supposed to be doing. — K.J. Parker

A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful. — Criss Jami

A practical rule: a man which is wise in one area may be silly in others. — Albert Camus

Wise man doesn't need to be praised like one.
It can reduce the guts of him to be a better man. — Toba Beta

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man. — William Makepeace Thackeray

No one ever on seeing Mr Crawley took him to be a happy man, or a weak man, or an ignorant man, or a wise man. — Anthony Trollope

For monarchy to work, one man must be wise. For democracy to work, a majority of the people must be wise. Which is more likely? — Charles Maurras

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good. — Josh Billings

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say. — Confucius

Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn. — Sophocles

It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer. — Francis Atterbury

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a City, and yet be forced to surrender it - this was the wise saying of Sir Thomas Browne. — A.S. Byatt