Quotes 261 till 280 of 409.
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The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
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The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.
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The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.
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The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
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The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
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The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
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The point, simply, is that we are doing more rediscovering these days than discovering coming anew upon truths that ignorant people refused to examine, over the centuries, because the wise people who held custody of the fundamental truths of nature were unpopular.
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The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
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The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch.
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The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.
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The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
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The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn't get as far as Hoboken at that time.
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The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.
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The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.
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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
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