Wisdom Quotes

"Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them."

"The memory of the past and the hope of the future are the sources of all wisdom."

"Silence is sometimes an argument of consent."

"The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness."

"Prudence is the virtue of knowing what to do and when to do it."

"The understanding of consequences makes men prudent."

"The wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water molds itself to the vessel."

"Do not create obstacles in your imagination."

"What is the use of conquering if we cannot make ourselves understood?"

"The pen and sword together can achieve what neither alone can do."

"The true art of war is to avoid unnecessary bloodshed."

"Money cannot buy what the heart already possesses."

"The voice of the people is the voice of God."

"Wisdom comes from listening more than speaking."

"La ignorancia es cómplice de la opresión."

"La ignorancia fortalece al tirano."

"La ignorancia es el peor enemigo de la libertad."

"La ignorancia es el caldo de cultivo del despotismo."

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth."

"The art of life is to know the proper measure of things."

"The most powerful symptom of a great mind is readiness to listen."

"Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child."

"He who would be thought wise among fools, to fools will always be a fool."

"He that hath ears to hear, let him hear what the voice of mankind is saying."

"The two main sources of human error are the passions and ignorance."

"Reason is the slave of the passions."

"Man is a reasonable creature but he is also a very foolish one."

"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."

"The mind of man is capable of anything, because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future."

"Liberty without virtue is a flame without heat; it illuminates but cannot warm."