Quotes About Wisdom

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.

The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand

Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men.

Never write a letter while you are angry.

If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

If you plan for a year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate your children.

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold.

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

Don't waste good iron for nails or good men for soldiers

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself.

Dig the well before you are thirsty.

Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends.

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape one hundred days of sorrow.

Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.

The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it.

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.