The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

A word spoken in loving kindness is worth far more than any gift.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

If to be old is not to be wise, then it is simply to be obsolete.

Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.

We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise.

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

Wine turns the wise man into a fool and the fool into a wise man.

The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.

Tinted Distances is the achievement of a wise and discerning poet.

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise.

Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Celebrate what is possible. Your beliefs will create your reality.

The wise man of Miletus thus declared the first of things is water

Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.

Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.

He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the punishment.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it.

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.

Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth!

Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.

It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.

It's important not to be afraid ego-wise to share your information.

There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.

No one is wise by birth, for wisdom results from one own's efforts.

If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would.

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