Sage Advice Quotes

The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.

Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else.

Good advice is rarer than rubies.

He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age.

Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say little.

Wealth is commonplace but wisdom is rare. I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster.

The Master made it his task to destroy systematically every doctrine, every belief, every concept of the divine, for these things, which were originally intended as pointers, were now being taken as descriptions. He loved to quote the Eastern saying "When the sage points to the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger.

And he is oft the wisest manWho is not wise at all.

Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do.

Get the advice of everybody whose advice is worth having - they are very few - and then do what you think best yourself.

Wisdom triumphs over chance.

There is no such thing as the old age of the wise.

We are never so generous as when giving advice.

Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.

To please the many is to displease the wise.

Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.

Sage?" Adrian lightly touched my arm, and I jumped at the feel of his fingertips against my skin. "You okay?" "I don't know," I said softly. "I just thought of something crazy." "Welcome to my world.

You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also need to trust your instinct.

The wise man is seldom prudent.

Giving advice is many times only the privilege of saying a foolish thing one's self, under the pretense of hindering another from doing one.

A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised. . . . Good advice depends on the shrewdness of the prince who seeks it, and not the shrewdness of the prince on good advice.

Old age takes in part savoury wisdom for its food - see to that your old age will not lack in nourishment.

SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies.

Who knows more about male weakness: you or me? Use my knowledge, Sage.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.