A Quote by Plautus
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That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays to hear another's wisdom is a useless man.
A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher.
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
The man who walks with wise men becomes wise himself.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself]
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.
The fool who recognizes his foolishness, is a wise man. But the fool who believes himself a wise man, he really is a fool.
How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose, and joy. No great man has ever wise-cracked his way to greatness. Until one learns to lose one's self he cannot find himself. No one can multiply himself by himself. He must first divide himself and give himself to the service of all, thus placing himself within all others through acts of thoughtfulness and service.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.
A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what one really calls a fool.
No man is wise enough to be another man's master. Each man's as good as the next -- if not a damn sight better.
Much has been said of the loneliness of wisdom, and how much the Truth seeker becomes a pilgrim wandering from star to star. To the ignorant, the wise man is lonely because he abides in distant heights of the mind. But the wise man himself does not feel lonely. Wisdom brings him nearer to life; closer to the heart of the world than the foolish man can ever be. Bookishness may lead to loneliness, and scholarship may end in a battle of beliefs, but the wise man gazing off into space sees not an emptiness, but a space full of life, truth, and law.
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