Wisdom Whispers: Enlightening Quotes from Across the Ages (Page 2)

"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good"

H. L. Mencken, Writer

"The fool wanders, a wise man travels"

Thomas Fuller, Clergyman

"Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

"The good and the wise lead quiet lives"

Euripides, Poet

"He was a wise man who originated the idea of God"

Euripides, Poet

"From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

"Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding"

Ambrose Bierce, Journalist

"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it"

George Santayana, Philosopher

"A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can"

Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher

"To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests"

Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer

"Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise"

Samuel Johnson, Author

"If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today"

Olin Miller, Writer

"It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone"

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer

"I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things"

Tina Turner, Musician

"Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred"

Jean de La Fontaine, Poet

"Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go"

Jean de La Fontaine, Poet

"Begin, be bold and venture to be wise"

Horace, Poet

"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees"

William Blake, Poet

"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve"

Buddha, Leader

"Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship"

James Russell Lowell, Poet

"We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys"

William Arthur Ward, Writer

"It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses"

William Arthur Ward, Writer

"The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool"

Epicurus, Philosopher

"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden"

Saint Augustine, Saint

"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends"

Baltasar Gracian, Philosopher

"Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay"

Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet