Cato used to assert that wise men profited more by fools than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools, but that fools would not imitate the good examples of wise men.
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness!
Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you.
Fools rush in, where wise men never go,
But wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know?
Fools rush in where wise men fear to trade.
Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.
Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.
Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else
Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.
Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.
Why does Samuel Butler say, 'Wise men never say what they think of women'? Wise men never say anything else apparently.