A Quotes
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“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”
“A wise man had said that your Christian life is like a three-legged stool. The legs are doctrine, experience and practice, which is obedience; and you, will not stay upright unless all three are there. In recent years many Christians have not kept these three together.”
“A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity.”
“A wise man has said: 'Only a Christian can live wholly in the present, for to him the past is pardoned and the future is safe in God.' ...the Christian life must be a life without regrets, without remorse.”
“A wise man has told us that "men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe in and live in."”
“A wise man hears one word and understands two.”
“A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.”
Source: Poems of King Alfred
“A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub. The gardener objected that it only flowered once in a hundred years. "In that case," said the wise man, "plant it immediately." [On the importance of fundamental research.]”
“A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.”
Source: Euripides
“A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.”
Source: Moses Maimonides: Rambam
“A wise man is able to differentiate between humility and weakness, he does not mistake courage for pride.”
“A wise man is always constrained in decision-making.”
“A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.”
“A wise man is humble, knowing he actually doesn't know much.”
“A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.”
“A wise man is not intimidated by seeing others rise. He understands that as others rise, it is only a matter of time before he too can rise. He understands that abundance is not limited under the skies and that supporting others in life ultimately benefits everyone.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A wise man is one who is a seeker of truth, not a follower of anyone.”
“A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.”
Source: The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Pseudodoxia epidemica, books V-VII. Religio medici. The garden of Cyprus
“A wise man is someone who knows how to convert obstacles into resources.”
Source: KISS Life "Life is what you make it"
“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”
“A wise man is the one that is preoccupied with fighting for every minute or second of his life”
Source: No One Is Better Than You
“A wise man is the one who is able to see the foolishness in his thought.”
“A wise man knows how to keep what is valuable close to him. He nurtures and protects what matters to his principles. He understands the significance of valuable teachings, cherished friendships, and meaningful relationships.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A Wise man knows that much of what he says and does is commonplace and trivial. His thoughts are not all solemn and sacred in his own eyes. He is able to laugh at himself and is not offended when others make him a subject whereon to exercise their wit.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion
“A wise man knows that the right knowledge has power. He is a great thinker and a game-changer. He sifts through information like a prospector that pans for treasures. When he discovers a nugget of truth, he does not hoard it. He uses it for the better. He shares wisdom generously because he knows that knowledge makes men wealthier.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A wise man knows the value of honesty, and he does not take it lightly. He upholds it with dignity, and he ensures transparency. He recognizes that honesty holds the key to a lasting legacy.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.”
“A wise man learns from his mistakes;
a fool won't even learn from his fatal ones.
There is no such thing as an intentional mistake,
but no man is a fool accidentally.”
“A wise man listens even when a fool speaks—not out of agreement but out of discernment. From the disagreements, he extracts key lessons.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.”
“A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.”
“A wise man loves any kind of work, be it spiritual, physical or intellectual”
“A wise man loves his unmarried wife, his unborn children.”
“A wise man makes his own decisions. An ignorant man follows public opinion.”
“A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.”
“A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of his deceiver; the wise man is silent, and denies that triumph to an enemy which he would hardly concede to a friend; a triumph that proclaims his own defeat.”
“A wise man, my father, always said, a bitter root bears bitter fruit and then he’d point to the crucifix on the mantel adding . . . he’s the only one who had the right to be bitter and wasn’t.”
Source: A Kind of Hush
“A wise man ne'er keeps his woman waiting.”
Source: My Highland Lover
“A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.”
Source: The works of the rev. George Herbert, with remarks on his writings, and a sketch of his life, by W. Jerdan
“A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed,
nor attempts to govern others.”
“A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone.”
“A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.”
Source: Works, Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy: With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c
“A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.”
“A wise man once asked me, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" I thought for a minute, then I slapped him across the face. That got him off my back.”
“A wise man once found peace in the practice of saying nothing, leaving the gossiper with no other choice but to fabricate gossip about a wise man saying nothing”
“A wise man, once he is past fifty, does not befuddle his senses with strong drink, nor make violent love in the cool spring night, nor dance on his hands.”
Source: The Long Ships
“A wise man once remarked that we can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.”
Source: Jeremy Fink and the meaning of life
“A wise man once said NOTHING... He just let her vent, nodded his head and live happily ever after!”
“A wise man once said that a person is known by
the company he keeps, but could then also add that the character of the
company is known by the people it keeps for the longest days, especially
at the strategic decision making level.”
“A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the search for Truth, Beauty and Love. What more is needed? Should there be a ‘meaning’ as well, that will be a bonus? If we waste time looking for life’s meaning, we may have no time to live — or to play.”