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Wise Person Quotes

Diogenes of Sinope quote: "Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a..."
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. Diogenes of Sinope
It's a wise person, I guess, who knows he's dumb, and an honest person who knows he's a liar. And it's a dumb person, I guess, whose convinced he's wise...-Bob Slocum Joseph Heller
Albert Einstein quote: "A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it."
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. Albert Einstein
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. John C. Maxwell
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
Tell a wise person, or else keep silent, because the mass man will mock it right away. I praise what is truly alive, what longs to be burned to death. In the calm water of the love-nights, where you were begotten, where you have begotten, a strange feeling comes over you, when you see the silent candle burning. Now you are no longer caughtin the obsession with darkness, and a desire for higher love-makingsweeps you upward. Distance does not make you falter. Now, arriving in magic, flying, and... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Confucius quote: "Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and..."
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge. Confucius
The practice of thrift is not outdated. We must discipline ourselves to live within our incomes even if it means going without or making do. The wise person can distinguish...between basic needs and extravagant wants. Some find budgeting extremely painful, but I promise you, it is never fatal. Marvin J. Ashton
The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "A wise person should have money in their head, but not in..."
A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart. Jonathan Swift
Terence quote: "You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention..."
You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it. Terence
Jean de la Bruyere quote: "The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored."
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. Jean de la Bruyere
Arthur Ashe quote: "A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions."
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. Arthur Ashe
Lord Acton quote: "A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do..."
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. Lord Acton
This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every feather. That comes before his eye. This is a practise. As full of labour as a wise man's art. For folly that he wisely shows is fit; But wise men, folly-fall'n, quite taint their wit. William Shakespeare

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