A Quote by Victor Hugo

The wise man is he who knows when and how to stop

Victor Hugo

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Victor Hugo
French - Novelist
February 26, 1802 - May 22, 1885

There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise, so consult him. 2. The man who knows, but doesn't know that he knows; help him not forget what he knows. 3. The man who knows not, and knows that he knows not; teach him. 4. Finally, there is the man who knows not but pretends that he knows; he is a fool, so avoid him.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Conceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows.

Isabel Allende

Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.

Harry Anderson

Perfection in wisdom, as well as in integrity, is neither required nor expected in these agents (public servants). It belongs not to man. The wise know too well their weaknesses to assume infallibility; and he who knows most, knows best how little he knows.

Thomas Jefferson

The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing.

Frederick Salomon Perls

He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

Confucius

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

John Lubbock

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows.

Thomas Jefferson

The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.

Gabriel Marcel

Any one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it.

Charles Caleb Colton

Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.

Joseph Conrad

The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.

Epicurus

A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't.

Amanda Hocking

A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at the book. "That's such a fortune-cookie answer," I said with a laugh, and even he smirked at me.

Amanda Hocking

Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis' in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent; we must draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand. The Wise man is he who knows when and how to stop.

Victor Hugo

A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick.

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