Famous quotes containing the words wise man, wise and/or man:
“So all that is said of the wise man by Stoic or Oriental or modern essayist, describes to each reader his own idea, describes his unattained but attainable self.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“All places that the eye of heaven visits
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a bee;”
—Edward Lear (1812–1888)