Famous quotes containing the word wise:
“He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.”
—J.B.S. (John Burdon Sanderson)