The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
Arthur Schopenhauer | Wise, Fool
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Seneca – Wise
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
Samuel Johnson – Wise
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin Franklin – Wise
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
George Bernard Shaw – Wise, Responsibility
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
Cicero – Wise, Reason
You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
Jonathan Swift – Wise
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
