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Wise Quotes

The quiet strength of a wise mind.

This page brings together quotes that treat wisdom as something inward-facing - a performer describing the problem-solving pleasure of her craft, and a separate line arguing the only worthwhile competition a wise person has is with themselves. Pair it with Status for shorter versions of the same idea.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Agatha Christie

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Quotes by Aesop

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.

Quotes by Aeschylus

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

Quotes by Aeschylus

Fool Quotes

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.

Quotes by Aeschylus

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

Quotes by Aeschylus

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

Quotes by Aeschylus

The wisest of the wise may err.

Quotes by Aeschylus

I think it wouldn't be wise to lose the best years of my sports career at university.

Quotes by Adam Ondra

Good Quotes

The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful...

Quotes by Adam Clarke

I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the...

Quotes by A. N. Wilson

If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an old lady who mutters and has the second sight. She is slightly deaf, and doesn't suffer fools gladly.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.

Quotes by Zhuangzi

Work wise, as a stunt woman, I enjoy telly - or TV - because - and, as an actor - I kind of enjoy the urgency of it. I enjoy the problem-solving that's happening. Right now, we don't have time...

Quotes by Zoe Bell

Life Quotes

I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.

Quotes by Zach Braff

We need to have complete certainty that things will work out, not because we are righteous or wise, but because of the time, the effort, the prayers, and the tools we are using. From the moment we are given awareness...

Quotes by Yehuda Berg

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

Quotes by Xenophanes

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Winston Churchill

It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.

Quotes by William Whitelaw

Love Quotes

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.

Quotes by William Wordsworth

Frequently Asked Questions

Does a quote talk about enjoying the problem-solving side of a craft?
Yes -- one quote from a stunt performer's perspective on TV work says she enjoys "the problem-solving that's happening" in her craft.
Is there a quote about a wise man's only real competition?
Yes, one quote reads, "The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself."
Is there a quote about a wise man looking into space?
Yes, one quote reads, "For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions."
Is there a quote calling the writings of the wise a form of riches?
Yes, one quote reads, "The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander."
Where can I find more quotes contrasting wisdom and foolishness?
See the Fool or Wise Status collections.

Other quotes here frame wisdom in almost cosmic terms, describing limitless perspective and writings that endure longer than any inheritance. For contrast or continuation, see Fool or Life.