Quotes About Wisdom

Why do people argue? Even the wisest of men have not found God through argument! Is God a subject for argument?

Leisure without study is death, and the grave of a living man.

Man, you're no smarter than me. You're just a fancier kind of stupid.

We can say of Shakespeare, that never has a man turned so little knowledge to such great account.

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.

Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence.

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.

That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call a tragedy.

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false.

Tranquility is the old man's milk.

It is a very lonely life that a man leads, who becomes aware of truths before their times.

There is a much that a man should not see, should not know, and if he should see it, it is better for him to die.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

Occasionally, a man must rise above principles.

Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.

The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one

If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

A man will be known by his books.

The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.

Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.

A man or a ruler should always take up a task after thoroughly considering its consequences. Otherwise fate also cannot protect his wealth.

He that studies books alone, will know how things ought to be; and he that studies men, will know how things are.