A Quotes
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“A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order.”
Source: Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success
“A wise man who cultivates wisdom may sometimes drown in it.”
Source: Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan
“A wise man who has the moment in his hand should not let that moment slip.”
“A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.”
“A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.”
“A wise man will always allow a fool to rob him of ideas without yelling “Thief.”
If he is wise he has not been impoverished.
Nor has the fool been enriched.
The thief flatters us by stealing.
We flatter him by complaining.”
Source: A child of the century
“A wise man will always be a Christian, because the perfection of wisdom is to know where lies tranquillity of mind and how to attain it, which Christianity teaches.”
Source: The Works of Walter Savage Landor
“A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.”
“A wise man will create more opportunities than those that have been presented to him.”
“A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.”
“A wise man will fight for peace, but a foolish man is at peace with war.”
“A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces.”
“A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.”
“A wise man will know what game to play to-day, and play it. We must not be governed by rigid rules, as by the almanac, but let the season rule us. The moods and thoughts of man are revolving just as steadily and incessantly as nature's. Nothing must be postponed. Take time by the forelock. Now or never! You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this. Where the good husbandman is, there is the good soil. Take any other course, and life will be a succession of regrets. Let us see vessels sailing prosperously before the wind, and not simply stranded barks. There is no world for the penitent and regretful.”
“A wise man will live as much within his wit as his income.... Bear this truth always in your mind, that you may be admired for your wit, if you have any; but that nothing but good sense and good qualities can make you be loved.”
“A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.”
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.”
Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq
“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
“A wise man will never forfeit his place in destiny because every day, as he makes moves, those moves are directed by the Holy Spirit.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.”
“A wise man will not trust too much those who admire him, even for his wisdom. He knows that an admirer is never truly satisfied until he can substitute pity for his admiration and disdain for his applause. Our admirers are always on the lookout for evidence of our collapse. They find a solace in the fact that our superiority was transitory and that we end as they do—old and useless.”
Source: A child of the century
“A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.”
“A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.”
Source: Healology
“A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.”
“A wise man's kingdom is his own breast: or, if he ever looks farther, it will only be to the judgment of a select few, who are free from prejudices, and capable of examining his work. Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude; and Phocion, you know, always suspected himself of some blunder when he was attended with the applauses of the populace.”
Source: The Letters of David Hume: 1727-1765
“A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by!”
“A wise man's questions contain half the answer.”
“A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.”
“A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.”
“A wise minister would rather preserve peace than gain a victory, because he knows that even the most successful war leaves nations generally more poor, always more profligate, than it found them.”
Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“A wise mother is the unifying force between father and children; her seed of love produces a harvest of trust.”
“A wise mother knows: It is her state of consciousness that matters. Her gentleness and clarity command respect. Her love creates security.”
Source: The Tao of Motherhood
“A wise move is spending time where you already know the outcome will be positive.”
“A wise nation preserves its records, gathers up its muniments, decorates the tombes of its illustrious dead, repairs its greatest structures and fosters national pride and love of country, by perpetual references to the sacrifices and glories of the past.”
“A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?”
“A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.”
Source: The Select Works of William Penn....
“A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said the more he heard, let's emulate that wise old bird.”
Source: The Complete Novels
“A wise one determines his own fate.”
“A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.”
“A wise parent thinks like a root, sustaining not only its trunk but also ensuring that the furthest green leaf is nurtured.”
“A wise person can never be truly poor;
a foolish person can never be truly rich.”
“A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.”
“A wise person do not pretend they know something if they do not. Instead, they ask the person questions in order to gain new knowledge of a particular concept.”
“A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.”
“A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.”
Source: Jesus in Blue Jeans: A Practical Guide to Everyday Spirituality
“A wise person fears being a fool. A fool fears being wrong.”
Source: Hey Humanity
“A wise person has more eyes than the eyes can see.”
“A wise person has more power over his enemies than they have over themselves.”
“A wise person hates none and loves everyone. When you give love to someone without any expectations, your happiness account is credited. Each time you hate those who love you, or cheat your friends or become unfaithful to your beloved, a certain amount of happiness gets debited from your account.”
Source: 31 Ways to Happiness
“A wise person is able to bring down a thousand armies with a single insight; with wisdom he successfully engages ten thousand armies with just one.”