153 quotes found
“Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.”
“The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.”
“If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popula...”
“A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.”
“Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”
“Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.”
“True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.”
“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
“Wise men make more opportunities than they find.”
“Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.”
“A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.”
“I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.”
“Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. ”
“If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.”
“Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.”
“All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.”
“Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.”
“Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.”
“We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.”
“I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.”
