A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people.
The fool does what he can't avoid, the wise man avoids what he can't do.
The wise man doesn't say what he does but he never does what can't be said.
The wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool does from his friends.
A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
If the fool has a hunchback no one remarks about it; if a wise man has a boil everybody talks about it.
There is a lot of territory out there still to explore TV-wise, show-wise, movie-wise, everything.
Why do men like me want sons?" he wondered. "It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these new men, who are their blood, will do the things they were not strong enough nor wise enough nor brave enough to do. It is rather like ano...
Another reason it’s wise for a man to view his marriage and not his job as foundational to his life is the biblical idea of union with his wife. We’re called to work, but we’re never called to be in union with our jobs. However, a man is most a...
The wise man looks ahead. The fool attempts to fool himself and won't face facts. Proverbs 14:8
The wise man says "I am looking for truth"; and the fool, "I have found truth."
The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.
It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person' in such a black and white way as many people do. A wise man may not understand it because, as a catalyst of wis...
It was not enough that the Son of God should come down from the heavens and appear as the Son of Man, for then He would have been only a great teacher and a great example, but not a Redeemer. It was more important for Him to fulfill the purpose of th...
Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise.
A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
I hate wise men because they are lazy, cowardly, and prudent. To the philosophers' equanimity, which makes them indifferent to both pleasure and pain, I prefer devouring passions. The sage knows neither the tragedy of passion, nor the fear of death, ...
