When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.
Were fools silent, they would pass for wise.
The biggest fools are those who are paid to be wise.
Even the fool says a wise word sometimes.
The speaker may well be a fool but the listener is wise.
A wise lawyer never goes to law himself.
The wise understand; fools follow the reports of others.
We start as fools and become wise through experience.
Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.
Putting is not an art, it's a dreaded evil. No wise man ever said that.
He was a wise man who invented beer.
He was a wise man who invented God.
Fools look to tomorrow; Wise men use tonight
A wise man is a student though he is a teacher.
The wise respond.The foolish react.The wise think and then act.The foolish act and then regret.-RVM
A wise man accepts defeat, a fool accepts to defeat
It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
