Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.


Cato The Elder

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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO (MARCUS PORCIUS CATO "THE ELDER") (A/K/A CATO THE CENSOR)
Wise man learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE CENSOR
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fool...
CATO THE ELDER
Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.
MARCUS PORCIUS CATO
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
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.
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
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools
SPANISH PROVERB
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
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Wise men are instructed in reason;
Men of less understanding by experience;
The most unknowing...
SOURCE UNKNOWN
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
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
Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
JOHN TILLOTSON
Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
JOHN TILLOTSON
Shallow men speak of the past; wise men of the present and fools of the future
MADAME MARIE DU DEFFAND
Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
THOMAS HOOD
Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence
WILL HENRY
The mistakes of the wise are better than the wisdom of fools.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
BRUCE LEE
"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."
BRUCE LEE
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
If fools didn't talk, there wouldn't be wise men to listen and laugh.
EPHDAN
Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they're fools, and fools who think they...
SOCRATES
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
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making f...
MARGUERITE DE VALOIS
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
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
Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
PLATO
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
PLATO
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is...
THE BIBLE
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
Fools can't understand even the gist by reading repeatedly the whole book; wise could comprehend eas...
ANUJ SOMANY
There is no surprise that every person’s words or thoughts have inherent voice and that clearly re...
ANUJ SOMANY
Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons; Wise men never try
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons; Wise men never try
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -Plato
PLATO
Wise men learn many things from their enemies.
ARISTOPHANES
Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools got nothing, Ma, to live up to.
BOB DYLAN
A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.
OLASOT
The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others
TIBETAN PROVERB
We start as fools and become wise through experience
AFRICAN PROVERB
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
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
The wise can learn from the foolish as the foolish can learn from the wise
ENRIQUE MIGUEL ALCALA SILVA
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
AFRICAN PROVERB
Love is for fools wise enough to take a chance.
ANONYMOUS
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
BIBLE
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can unders...
PAULO COELHO
If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools
THE TALMUD
All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
BIBLE
“When wise men plan for life they equally plan for death. But when fools plan for life they don't ...
DOUGLAS YEBOAH
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
BIBLE
There are a lot of intelligent fools, but no wise idiots.
LANDON J. FOSSUM
Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools
PROVERB
Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise
BERNARD DE BONNARD
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the...
FRANCIS BACON
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the...
FRANCIS BACON SR.
Wise people understand the need to consult experts; only fools are confident they know everything.
KEN POIROT
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
An old cynic is a guy, who is simply telling the truth, and that gripes the hell out of leeches; the...
BOBBY W. MILLER
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
UNKNOWN
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD
Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immor...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN

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The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it
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A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.
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Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
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A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
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What once were vices are manners now.
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Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
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A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
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The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
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The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
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The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
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Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
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He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude -- confidence in self.
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Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.
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He has committed the crime who profits by it.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
One crime has to be concealed by another.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secre...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Happy the man who can endure the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitud...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may mot be subdued by discipline.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
The pleasures of the palate deal with us like the Egyptian thieves, who strangle those whom they emb...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are u...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Many shed tears merely for show, and have dry eyes when no one's around to observe them.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Even if it is to be, what end do you serve by running to distress?
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting e...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
He that does good to another does good also to himself.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right ...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but whe...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)