#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

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 will live as much within his wit as within his income. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#income #live #man #much #will

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#future #man #must #parent #past

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. ↗