Quotes About Wisdom

A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.

If a man has not discovered anything so dying is not worth living

Never trust the judgment of an enthusiastic man; never trust the promises of a lazy one.

We need clear days to see the horizons; we need foggy nights to see beyond the horizons! Man sometimes can think much deeper when he sees less!

Peaceful and kind one monk is more valuable than violent and rude ten thousand men!

Mortal man! You've wasted your time mostly with wrong and empty beliefs! And now you have started understanding that most important thing in life is existence!

Monkey can make a long jump with his muscles; and man, with his wisdom!

Try to see the world from the eyes of an old man! Old eyes are a good place to begin with for understanding the truths!

A man must always study, but he must not always go to school: what a contemptible thing is an old abecedarian!

The man who thinks he knows does not yet know what knowing is

Man must not rely on pure reason; he must mix faith with it.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

Adulthood does not exist. Man is an eternal child.

That which we know is but little; that which we have a presentiment of is immense; it is in this direction that the poet outruns the learned man.

There are two roads to every place, and the wise man chooses the pleasant one.

Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a man to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to make it known to his fellow-men.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

Let the poor man mind his tongue

In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world.

My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'

...a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Knowledge is to be acquired only by a corresponding experience. How can we know what we are told merely? Each man can interpret another's experience only by his own.

A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.