It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
Frank Herbert
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
Zhuangzi
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A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to it that every contingency is provided for in detail.
Han Fei
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It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.
Jerome Cady
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
Sophocles
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
Jonathan Swift
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Aristotle
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In my wide travels across the world and my meetings with various heads of states, be that Africa or South Asia, Singapore or in high level meetings in the U.S., U.K. or Japan, one common mention is about Dr. Singh's extraordinary reputation as a Wise Man, an outstanding Economist and a fine Gentleman.
Sunil Mittal
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The wise man reads both books and life itself.
Lin Yutang
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All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
Henry David Thoreau
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
Du Mu
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis Bacon
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It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
Xenophanes
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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
Fannie Hurst
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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.
John B. S. Haldane
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A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
Robert Cecil
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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
Diogenes
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The secret of the wise man is to learn from the errors of others.
Alisson
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From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
Publilius Syrus
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Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.
King Solomon
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Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven.
Giraldus Cambrensis
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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
David Hume
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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
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