Wise Man Quotes
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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
Fannie Hurst
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Aristotle
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Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis' in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent; we must draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand. The Wise man is he who knows when and how to stop.
Victor Hugo
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As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
Confucius
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It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
Xenophanes
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The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail.
Aristotle
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The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.
Socrates
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The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.
Confucius
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Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death.
Jacoby Shaddix
Papa Roach
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A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
Gautama Buddha
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A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.
Miguel de Cervantes
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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
