The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .
It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.
I will say this: I know no wise person who doesn't read a lot. I suspect that you can read on the computer now and get a lot of benefit out of it, but I doubt that it'll work as well as reading print worked for me.
An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
If I meet a wise person, I think, 'Yes, tell me more about parenting, about marriage, about how to stay in love. Tell me more about how to be a decent person living in a world that's filled with chaos.'
Sometimes you can tell a wise person not only by what he says but also by what he doesn't say. Remember, it is much better to say little than to say too much and regret it later.
A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.
It's a wise person who knows the difference between free speech and cheap talk.
A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.
I have tried to be a man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser and more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it.
Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.
I think still that someone wiser than I might well have remained happy till his death.
SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies.
A truly wise person will constantly move forward, striving for self-improvement, knowing that daily repentance is needed for progress. He will realize the good life is simply conforming to a standard of right and justice. The joys of happiness can only be realized by living lofty principles.
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
President Eyring is a wise, learned, and spiritual man.
Ful wys is he that kan hymselven knowe.
To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.
