Quotes About Wisdom

Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.

A man is crazy who writes a secret in any other way than one which will conceal it from the vulgar.

An alert and learned man will take advice from any event.

Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too Much, Not Too Little.

Till taught by pain, men know not water's worth.

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

An ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment. An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary.

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.

Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have all died of gout.

From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.

The wise man once said invest young

What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.

Always consider investing in a grade-A man with a grade-B idea. Never invest in a grade-B man with a grade-A idea.

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.

The wise man's home is the universe.

Man knows much more than he understands.

The history of every individual man should be a Bible.

I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'