Wisdom Quotes

"Wise men are instructed by reason, common men by experience, the stupid by necessity, and beasts by instinct."

"The highest good is wisdom and the greatest evil is folly."

"How much easier it is to be wise for others than for ourselves."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"The greatest ornament of an honorable life is Integrity."

"Nothing is so improbable that eloquence cannot make it probable."

"Silence is golden."

"All things are uncertain, and that which may be misfortune in one regard may prove to be good fortune in another."

"The mind is the man."

"Advice is judged by results, not by intentions."

"To the wise all things lead to fortune."

"The soul's perfection lies not in what we possess, but in what we understand."

"The art of living well is the art of knowing which things deserve our attention and which do not."

"The most profound discoveries come not from the seeking of novelty, but from the deep contemplation of the ordinary."

"The rational mind is humanity's greatest gift; to abandon it is to abandon our true nature."

"The difference between the wise and the foolish is not in what they encounter, but in how they interpret it."

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher."

"Prudence is the virtue by which we recognize the good and choose it."

"The wise bear all the wrongs of life with equanimity."

"Prudence is the knowledge of what to do and what to avoid."

"To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."

"A thing becomes precious when it is rightly understood."

"All reasoning begins from principles that are self-evident."

"It is not things that disturb us, but our judgments about things."

"The chief task in life is simply this: to identify what things are within our own control and what things are not."

"The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every man's actions."

"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."

"Everything has two handles: one by which it may be carried, another by which it cannot."

"The good is not something external that can be lost."