Quotes of: Wise-person Keyword

For a wise man a fool is a good advisor.

French

To question a wise man is the beginning of wisdom.

German

Your energy is a valuable resource, distribute it wisely.

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My love is a six-toed mutant, like a Hemingway cat. Pet it wisely.

My love can only occupy one person at a time

A person can choose to stand against adversity, but most people will run from it before they come to terms with who they truly are, a wise person watches through adversity and follows the signs when it is their turn to stand.

Faith Brashear

An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.

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A wise man learns at the fool's expense.

Brazilian

Wise men do not quarrel with each other.

Danish

The fool speaks, the wise man listens.

Ethiopian

Every wise man is afraid of a fool.

French

The wise man will be cheated only once.

Finnish

For every wise man there is one still wiser.

Kurdish

The wise man and the tortoise travel but never leave their home.

Chinese

Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.

English

When three wise men say you are an ass, bray.

Montenegro

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

Diogenes

No wise man takes responsibility for an eighteen-year-old daughter.

Chinese

Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.

English

The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.

German

It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools.

Spanish

A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it.

Michael Bassey Johnson