#wise man

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. ↗

— William Dean Howells

#awe #benevolent #commands #conqueror #man

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. ↗

— Fannie Hurst

#clever man #cynic #enough #man #takes

I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world. ↗

— Chris Kattan

#into #kind #like #little #man

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

— Lao Tzu

#into #knows #limited #looks #man

The wise man reads both books and life itself. ↗

— Lin Yutang

#both #itself #life #man #reads

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. ↗

— Akhenaton

#folly #fool #his #ignorance #knoweth

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce. ↗

— George Byron

#dunce #laughter #man #more #nothing

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#fool #foolish #learn #man #more

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#finally #fool #man #once #wise

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