Top 730 Wiser Quotes & Sayings

The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

Conscience is wiser than science.

I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.

As you get older, you do try to be a bit wiser.

Love is wiser than wisdom.

One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulas have an independent existence and an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we are, wiser even than their discoverers.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.

There is something in us that is wiser than our head.

Traveling makes men wiser, but less happy.

I used to gamble when I was young. I'm wiser now.

The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.

The tale is often wiser than the teller.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

No man is the wiser for his learning

It is wiser to find out than to suppose.

But I believe the older I get, I'm wiser and I train smarter.

Most men appear wiser in their doubts than in their belief.

None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as far as we can perceive, much security for his being wiser than any of his neighbours. The chance of his being wiser than all his neighbours together is still smaller.

Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry

It is safer and wiser to cure unhealthy rivalry than to suppress it.

Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older because it's fun!

I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser.

Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

Breaking up is hard to do... so it's essential to keep getting wiser - and wiser - about what healthy love is all about.

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.

I think I've got wiser.

We are wiser than we know.

If you're not going to get any wiser, what's the point of getting older?

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser.

The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage.

The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.

The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser.

People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.

I'm just getting wiser as I get older.

Some children are wiser than adults.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

There is one person that is wiser than anybody, and that is everybody.

Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.

Is it possible to grow wiser without knowing it? One hopes so. We all hope so.

Woman's nudity is wiser than the philosopher's teachings.

The age, you know. A man can be wiser and wiser, and a woman is older and older.

Those physical difficulties which you cannot account for, be very slow to arraign; for he that would be wiser than Nature would be wiser than God.

Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

Truly even he errs that is wiser than the wise.

Often the adult book is not for you, not yet, or will only be for you when you're ready. But sometimes you will read it anyway, and you will take from it whatever you can. Then, perhaps, you will come back to it when you're older, and you will find the book has changed because you have changed as well, and the book is wiser, or more foolish, because you are wiser or more foolish than you were as a child.

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

We love what we should scorn if we were wiser.

A good proof is one that makes us wiser.

I've become a lot wiser over the years.

God's answers are wiser than our prayers.

Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser?

Two young salmon are swimming along one day. As they do, they are passed by a wiser, older fish coming the other way. The wiser fish greets the two as he passes, saying, "Morning boys, how's the water?" The other two continue to swim in silence for a little while, until the first one turns to the other and asks, "What the hell is water?"

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

My paintings are wiser than I am.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.