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Wise Person Quotes Quotes

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Mwanandeke Kindembo
“The wise person must always consider and reconsider all the alternatives before jumping to the final conclusion. Furthermore, the objective views are the results of our philosophical ideologies (philideos) and the definition of our terms.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo, Treatise Upon The Misconceptions of Narcissism

“A wise man learns from his mistakes;
a fool won't even learn from his fatal ones.
There is no such thing as an intentional mistake,
but no man is a fool accidentally.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“The tongue is a venomous serpent, which is why the wise cage it.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“Sages shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person is on firm ground,
a fool is on thin ice,
and an evil person is already drowning.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person has more eyes than the eyes can see.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person is able to bring down a thousand armies with a single insight; with wisdom he successfully engages ten thousand armies with just one.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person is able to save a city;
a fool is able to destroy a nation.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wise people heed the voice of reason;
the wisest heed the voice of God.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“Every wise person I meet I hope to be, for every fool I know is in agony.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“A fool can read a thousand books and learn nothing.
A wise person can read one and become great. Using books for decoration is what ordinary men do. Using books for knowledge is what intelligent people do.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person makes use of one opportunity where as a fool misses a thousand.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“Unveil a person’s thoughts,
and you are shrewd.
Unveil a person’s desires,
and you are wise.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“The foolish experience much,
but learn little.
The wise experience little,
but learn much.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you debate the wise,
no matter how poor,
they will hearken to wisdom.
If you debate the foolish,
no matter how rich,
they will mock wisdom.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person can never be truly poor;
a foolish person can never be truly rich.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“What the wise acquire easily fools only acquire miraculously.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“A foolish man enjoys the company of prostitutes;
a wise man enjoys the company of his wife.
The mother of a prudent son will rejoice;
the father of a mindless son will groan.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“A fool stumbles when he walks; the wise are not hampered even when they run.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“The enlightened worry less than others,
quarrel less than others,
fight less than others,
transgress less than others;
care more than others,
give more than others,
and love more than others.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise person makes one error,
and learns ten lessons.
He makes two errors,
and learns twenty lessons.
He makes three errors,
and learns thirty lessons.
He makes few errors,
and learns countless lessons.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“Sages are divine springs; no matter how many draw from them, they never run empty.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

Kamaran Ihsan Salih
“Even though if you be around wise people your work will be easier, and it will be harder day by day around ignorance.”
Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Kamaran Ihsan Salih
“Even though if you be around wise people your work will be easier, and it will be harder day by day around ignorants.”
Kamaran Ihsan Salih

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