Tamil Proverb Quotes

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

A fool may sometimes give a wise man counsel

... smart but not wise.

Don't let your heart get big because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the scholar.

Consult with the ignorant as with the wise.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

A word to the wise is sufficient

It is ill to praise, and worse to blame, the thing which you do not understand.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

The least foolish is wise.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

'Tis folly to be wise.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.