The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others
Tibetan Proverb
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PAULO COELHO Fools can't understand even the gist by reading repeatedly the whole book; wise could comprehend eas...
ANUJ SOMANY Wise people understand the need to consult experts; only fools are confident they know everything.
KEN POIROT Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise a...
THEODOR REIK Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise a...
THEODORE REIK Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO (MARCUS PORCIUS CATO "THE ELDER") (A/K/A CATO THE CENSOR) Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER Wise man learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE CENSOR Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immor...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others
LOPE DE VEGA Fools believe silence is a void needing to be filled; the wise understand there's no such thing as s...
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN We should not blame people by the mistakes of others.
DANIEL MELGAçO Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
CATO (MARCUS PORCIUS CATO "THE ELDER") (A/K/A CATO THE CENSOR) Wise men and fools cannot exist without the other. If there are no wise men, there are no fools, and...
SIDDHARTH KONKIMALLA Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools.
THOMAS HOBBES Wherever people feel safe (...) they will be indifferent.
SUSAN SONTAG They the hazers or eversores were rightly called Overturners, since they had themselves been first o...
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they're fools, and fools who think they...
SOCRATES The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
MARCUS T. CICERO Wise men are instructed in reason;
Men of less understanding by experience;
The most unknowing...
SOURCE UNKNOWN The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of thems...
P.D. JAMES Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
AESOP Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
AESOP Life's irony;Atimes the wise may have to act foolish in other to maintain the status of being wise.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The wise is not the one that has amassed $1b fortune,but the one that ardently works with the belief...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The wise person is one who can take $1 & turn it to $10
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The mistakes of the wise are better than the wisdom of fools.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR. Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
PLATO Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand
PLATO Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
THOMAS FULLER Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.
THOMAS FULLER Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
QUINTILIAN Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish
QUINTILIAN Follow the spiritual trail set by wise sages... to achieve the highest perfection
MEGHNA CHOUDHURY (H.G. MATHURA VASI DEVI DASI) A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools
PROVERB A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.
THOMAS FULLER The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
ISAAC D'ISRAELI The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
ISAAC DISRAELI One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'
ROBERT BROWNING Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
HARRY DAY Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
THOMAS HUXLEY Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
DOUGLAS BADER By others faults the wise correct their own.
PROVERB Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise
BERNARD DE BONNARD Yet all that I have learn'd (hugh toyles now past)
By long experience, and in famous schooles,
...
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLING The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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EDWARD ABBEY Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY First they don’t understand what they ought to understand; then they make others understand what t...
ANUJ SOMANY Follow your bliss
JOSEPH CAMPBELL Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making f...
MARGUERITE DE VALOIS Shallow men speak of the past; wise men of the present and fools of the future
MADAME MARIE DU DEFFAND Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
VOLTAIRE Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS Fools talk, cowards silence , wise men listen
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS ANACHARSIS Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
ANACHARSIS Money makes the wise more humble,but an opportunity for the fool to exhibit all his pride.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Life with fools consists in drinking; with the wise man, thinking.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If there were no fools, how would we recognize the wise
NORWEGIAN PROVERB For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves...
BIBLE There are a lot of intelligent fools, but no wise idiots.
LANDON J. FOSSUM Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts
TIBETAN PROVERB If you want to know your future, look at what you are doing in this moment.
TIBETAN PROVERB Excellent people are honored wherever they go
TIBETAN PROVERB There is no surprise that every person’s words or thoughts have inherent voice and that clearly re...
ANUJ SOMANY Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
ALCUIN (ALBINUS) Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.
H. G. [HERBERT GEORGE] WELLS Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
ENGLISH PROVERB Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
ALCUIN Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Fools look to tomorrow, wise men use tonight.
UNKNOWN In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.
GEORGE SANTAYANA Wise men make proverbs but fools repeat them
SAMUEL PALMER Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight
SCOTTISH PROVERB Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
PROVERB If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools
THE TALMUD A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.”
- Chinese pr...
ALVIN TOFFLER I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened".
ROBIN S. SHARMA He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common...
ROGER ASCHAM If I had been present at creation, I would have given some useful hints.
ALFONSO THE WISE I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most...
WILLIAM BLAKE Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN We start as fools and become wise through experience
AFRICAN PROVERB In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.
WARREN LITTLEFIELD Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools
PROVERB I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
BIBLE The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart
of fools is in the house of mirth.
BIBLE
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PROVERB A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
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PROVERB Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
PROVERB From small beginnings come great things.
PROVERB Some will, some don't, so what!
PROVERB Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
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PROVERB He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
PROVERB Make peace with man and war with your sins.
PROVERB A sin confessed is half forgiven.
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PROVERB Simplicity is the seal of truth.
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PROVERB Shame is worse than death.
PROVERB God likes help when helping people.
PROVERB One is rated by others as he rates himself.
PROVERB Attack is the best form of defense.
PROVERB Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
PROVERB A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
PROVERB When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
PROVERB It is better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB Better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB Kings have many ears and eyes.
PROVERB It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.
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PROVERB A soft answer turneth away wrath.
PROVERB Cunning surpasses strength.
PROVERB What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
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PROVERB The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
PROVERB Two great talkers will not travel far together.
PROVERB A closed mouth catches no flies.
PROVERB He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with th...
PROVERB A good speaker makes a good liar.
PROVERB Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
PROVERB When at a loss how to go on, cough.
PROVERB Speak when you are spoken to.
PROVERB Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.
PROVERB The less people think the more they talk.
PROVERB Speak little and to the purpose.
PROVERB Speak and the man shall be shown.
PROVERB The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves.
PROVERB A little body often harbors a great soul.
PROVERB Life without a friend is death without a witness.
PROVERB The larger a man's roof, the more snow it collects.
PROVERB You can't steal second base with your foot on first.
PROVERB Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know h...
PROVERB Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever.
PROVERB What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.
PROVERB Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
PROVERB Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
PROVERB He has hard work who has nothing to do.
PROVERB How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
PROVERB Rest breeds rust.
PROVERB The burden one likes is cheerfully carried.
PROVERB If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of...
PROVERB Respect starts with yourself.
PROVERB He who is near the Church is often far from God.
PROVERB Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.
PROVERB An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.
PROVERB Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.
PROVERB Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
PROVERB Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.
PROVERB Private reproof is the best grave for private faults.
PROVERB By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof.
PROVERB The one who pleased everybody died before they were born.
PROVERB Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.
PROVERB A wicked book cannot repent.
PROVERB The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
PROVERB Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.
PROVERB Nothing weights lighter than a promise.
PROVERB He loses his thanks who promises and delays.
PROVERB There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.
PROVERB Live to live and you will learn to live.
PROVERB Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it.
PROVERB No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
PROVERB What is an expert? Someone who is twenty miles from home.
PROVERB Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
PROVERB He who begins and does not finish loves their pains.
PROVERB We hate delays by others, but sometimes it makes us wise.
PROVERB One of these days, is none of these days.
PROVERB Begin to weave and God will give the thread.
PROVERB Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.
PROVERB Manana is often the busiest day of the week.
PROVERB Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important.
PROVERB Pride and poverty don't get along, but often live together.
PROVERB None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power.
PROVERB Today must not borrow from tomorrow.
PROVERB Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.
PROVERB Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.
PROVERB When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
PROVERB One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.
PROVERB No one can pray well, but those who live well.
PROVERB Short prayers reach heaven.
PROVERB People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.
PROVERB Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
PROVERB Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
PROVERB Practice is the best master.
PROVERB The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.
PROVERB Force without forecast is to little avail.
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PROVERB He who pays the piper calls the tune.
PROVERB Poverty is a wonderful thing. It sticks to a man after all his friends have forsaken him.
PROVERB A poor man is all schemes.
PROVERB When poverty comes in the door love flies out the window.
PROVERB Poverty has no greater foe than bashfulness.
PROVERB Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain.
PROVERB When pleasure interferes with business, give up business.
PROVERB Visits always give pleasure; if not the arrival, the departure.
PROVERB There are more fools among buyers than among sellers.
PROVERB Everything passes, everything perishes, everything palls.
PROVERB Life is half spent before one knows what it is.
PROVERB Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away.
PROVERB Why kill time when one can employ it.
PROVERB Forever is a long bargain.
PROVERB The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
PROVERB Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
PROVERB Time and I against any two.
PROVERB The longest day soon comes to an end.
PROVERB Soon enough is well enough.
PROVERB Now is the watchword of the wise.
PROVERB Lost time is never found again.
PROVERB Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.
PROVERB To teach well, we need not say all that we know, Successful teachers are effective in spite of the p...
PROVERB Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
PROVERB In teaching others we teach ourselves.
PROVERB He who does not research has nothing to teach.
PROVERB Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains,...
PROVERB He who undertakes to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil.
PROVERB No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.
PROVERB Milk the cow, but do not pull off the udder.
PROVERB Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.
PROVERB Who has a trade may go anywhere.
PROVERB No one was ever lost on a straight road.
PROVERB Many talk like philosophers yet live like fools.
PROVERB He that falls by himself never cries.
PROVERB More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.
PROVERB Those that will not hear must be made to feel.
PROVERB That which proves too much, proves nothing!
PROVERB When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth.
PROVERB If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential.
PROVERB The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
PROVERB Never say die.
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PROVERB If you wish for peace be ready for war.
PROVERB When we can't find peace in ourselves it is vain to look for it elsewhere.
PROVERB Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.
PROVERB Peace with a club in hand is war.
PROVERB If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
PROVERB Rome was not built in a day.
PROVERB Patience, money and time bring all things to past.
PROVERB Patience when teased is often transformed into rage.
PROVERB Dios tarda pero no olvida -- God delays but doesn't forget.
PROVERB Patience is the key to paradise.
PROVERB There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated.
PROVERB Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.
PROVERB Maternity is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.
PROVERB That which is escaped now is pain to come.
PROVERB A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
PROVERB Nothing is more elegant than ready money!
PROVERB It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way.
PROVERB Riches have wings.
PROVERB A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.
PROVERB As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich.
PROVERB You can't take it with you when you go.
PROVERB After a rich man gets rich, his next ambition is to get richer.
PROVERB To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
PROVERB The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.
PROVERB Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed.
PROVERB Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.
PROVERB No price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull.
PROVERB The gods sell all things at a fair price.
PROVERB Something you don't want is dear at any price.
PROVERB We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it.
PROVERB Take what you want, God said to man, and pay for it.
PROVERB Necessity unites.
PROVERB A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.
PROVERB It is the truth that irritates a person.
PROVERB If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.
PROVERB Time tries truth.
PROVERB Tell the truth and then run.
PROVERB Truth is the daughter of time.
PROVERB Truth fears nothing but concealment.
PROVERB Youth lives on hope, old age on memories.
PROVERB If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.
PROVERB Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.
PROVERB Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.
PROVERB The Devil finds work for idle hands.
PROVERB The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest.
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