T Quotes
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“The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.”
Source: Back-log studies and My summer in a garden
“The wise man does nothing but what can be done openly and without falseness, nor does he do anything whereby he may involve himself in any wrong-doing, even where he may escape notice. For he is guilty in his own eyes before being so in the eyes of others; and the publicity of his crime does not bring him more shame than his own consciousness of it.”
Source: The Sacred Writings of Saint Ambrose (Annotated Edition)
“The wise man doesn't compete; therefore nobody can compete with him.”
“The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.”
“The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“The wise man evaluates your dignity the ignorant evaluates your appearance.”
“The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.”
“The wise man has always treated religions with respect, not adoration nor blind following alone. He's more logical rather than emotional.”
“The wise man has his follies, no less than the fool; but it has been said that herein lies the difference--the follies of the fool are known to the world, but hidden from himself; the follies of the wise are known to himself, but hidden from the world.”
Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
“The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.”
“The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without.”
“The wise man is astonished by anything.”
“The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity.”
“The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.”
“The wise man is he who is not surprised when he finds stale tea in a beautiful teapot!”
“The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.”
Source: The church in the world: collected essays
“The wise man is he who knows when and how to stop”
Source: Les Misérables: Fantine
“The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.”
“The wise man is satisfied with nothing.”
“The wise man is seldom prudent.”
“The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.”
“The wise man is the one who can look at everything both with his own eyes and from the eyes of everything else!”
“The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
[Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.]”
“The wise man knoweth where to stop, as he runneth in the race of fortune, For experience of old hath taught him, that happiness lingered midway; And many in hot pursuit have hasted to the goal of wealth, But have lost, as they ran, those apples of gold--the mind and the power to enjoy it.”
Source: Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments. 1st and 2d Series in One Volume
“The wise man knows he doesn't know.”
“The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible.”
“The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.”
“The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail”
“The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.”
“The wise man knows the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise.”
“The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.”
Source: Neil Gaiman Young Readers' Collection: Odd and the Frost Giants; Coraline; The Graveyard Book; Fortunately, the Milk
“The wise man knows without traveling.”
Source: The Simple Way
“The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.”
“The wise man lives as long as he ought, not so long as he can.”
Source: Montaigne's Essays in Three Books: With Notes and Quotations. And an Account of the Author's Life. With a Short Character of the Author and Translator
“The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.”
“The wise man looks at death with honesty, dignity and calm, recognizing that the tragedy it brings is inherent in the great gift of life.”
“The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end.”
“The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.”
“The wise man must be wise before, not after, the event.”
“The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.”
Source: First Principles of a New System of Philosophy
“The wise man neither rejects life nor fears death... just as he does not necessarily choose the largest amount of food, but, rather, the pleasantest food, so he prefers not the longest time, but the most pleasant.”
“The wise man never loses his temper.”
“The wise man of Miletus thus declared the first of things is water”
Source: The Wise Men of Greece: In a Series of Dramatic Dialogues
“The wise man once said invest young”
“The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.”
“The wise man reads both books and life itself.”
Source: The Importance of Living
“The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of nothing attempted, nothing gained and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.”
“The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.”
“The Wise Man's Never Alone
The wise man’s never alone; if no one walks with him,
He has for company the master of all things. (242)”
Source: The Cherubinic Wanderer
“The wise man sayth, store is no sore.”