Quotes About Wisdom

The man for whom history is bunk is almost invariably as obtuse to the future as he is blind to the past.

The wisest man is he who can account for his actions.

No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible

The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."

Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them.

You save an old man and you save a unit; but save a boy, and you save a multiplication table.

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.

A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.

It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.

A lot of learned men think people really are the food theyve eaten.

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him

Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.

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.

Holy Scripture is so exalted that there is no one in the world ... wise enough to understand it so fully that his intellect is not overcome by it. Nevertheless, man can stammer something about it.

As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.

No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

If a man can reach the latter days of his life with his soul intact, he has mastered life.

Inexperience is what makes a young man do what an older man says is impossible.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Man is not made to understand life, but to live it.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. [Lat., Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; Expertus metuit.]

As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence.