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| A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years’ study of books. Chinese. | 1 |
| A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. Chinese. | 2 |
| A wise man, a strong man. German. | 3 |
| A wise man gets learning from those who have none themselves. | 4 |
| A wise man hath more ballast than sail. | 5 |
| A wise man is a great wonder. | 6 |
| A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone. | 7 |
| A wise man is rich enough. German. | 8 |
| A wise man keeps on good terms with his wife, his conscience and his stomach. | 9 |
| A wise man knows his own. | 10 |
| A wise man may be kind without cost. | 11 |
| A wise man should have money in his head but not in his heart. Swift. | 12 |
| A wise man should never give his wife too much rein. Latin. | 13 |
| A wise man’s loss is his secret. | 14 |
| A wise man turns chance into a good fortune. | 15 |
| A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. | 16 |
| A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand. | 17 |
| A wise man without work is a bee without honey. German. | 18 |
| A wise man would be a soldier in time of peace and a parson in time of war. Fielding. | 19 |
| All countries are a wise man’s home. | 20 |
| Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise. Francis Quarles. | 21 |
| Be wise to-day; ’tis madness to defer. Young. | 22 |
Be wise with speed,
A fool at forty is a fool indeed. Young. | 23 |
| Better be mad with all the world than wise alone. French. | 24 |
| Better be wise than rich. Spanish. | 25 |
| Do not revile wise men. Hindu. | 26 |
| Every one is wise after the event. German, Spanish. | 27 |
| Every one is wise for his own profit. Portuguese. | 28 |
Gold vessels still as gold we prize,
And wise men in adversity are wise. Tamil. | 29 |
| He commands enough that obeyeth a wise man. | 30 |
| He is a wise man who speaks little. | 31 |
| He is not wise who is not wise for himself. | 32 |
| He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. Dr. Johnson. | 33 |
| He is so wise that he goes upon the ice three days before it freezes. Dutch. | 34 |
| He is the wise man who is the honest man. | 35 |
| He is the wisest man who does not think himself so. French. | 36 |
| He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs. | 37 |
| He is wise that is ware in time. | 38 |
| He is wise that when he is well can had him sae. | 39 |
| He is wise that can mak’ a freend o’ a fae. | 40 |
| He is wise to no purpose who is not wise for himself. Latin. | 41 |
| He is wise who learns at another’s cost. Italian. | 42 |
| He is wise who suits himself to the occasion. Latin. | 43 |
| He is wise who talks but little. Latin. | 44 |
| He’s wise that leads passion by the bridle. | 45 |
| He must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. Diogenes. | 46 |
| He seemeth wise with whom all things thrive. | 47 |
| He would be wise who knew all things beforehand. Dutch. | 48 |
| He’s a wise man that wears poverty decently. | 49 |
| He’s a wise man that leads passion by the bridle. | 50 |
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| He’s a wise man who when he’s well off can keep so. | 51 |
| He’s wise that knows when he’s well enough. | 52 |
| He who conceits himself wise has an ass near at hand. Spanish. | 53 |
| How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise. Homer. | 54 |
| Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the means? Tillotson. | 55 |
| It becomes no wise man to expose himself to danger on account of the faults or follies of others. Statilius. | 56 |
| It becomes a wise man to try negotiation before arms. Terence. | 57 |
| It is better to be lucky than wise. | 58 |
| It is not always good to be wise. German. | 59 |
| More nice than wise. | 60 |
| Most things have two handles, and wise men take hold of the best. | 61 |
| No man so wise but may easily err, if he will take no other counsel but his own. Ben Jonson. | 62 |
| No man is the only wise man. Plautus. | 63 |
| No man was ever wise by chance. Seneca. | 64 |
| No man is born wise. | 65 |
| No one is so wise that he cannot become wiser. German. | 66 |
| No one is wise at all times. Pliny the Elder. | 67 |
| No one is wise enough to advise himself. German. | 68 |
| No one is wise in his own affairs. Dutch. | 69 |
| Some are wise, and some are otherwise. | 70 |
| The wise distrust the unknown. La Fontaine. | 71 |
| The wise does not say all that he thinks, but thinks all that he says. German. | 72 |
| The wise for cure on exercise depend. Dryden. | 73 |
| The wise is only once betrayed. German. | 74 |
| The wise man does not hang his knowledge on a hook. Spanish. | 75 |
| The wise man does not trust his wife with a secret. German. | 76 |
| The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. German. | 77 |
| The wise man knows an ignorant one because he has been ignorant himself, but the ignorant cannot recognize the wise because he has never been wise. Persian. | 78 |
| The wise man makes more opportunities than he finds. | 79 |
| The wise man strikes twice against one and the same stone. Russian. | 80 |
| The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control. Pythagoras. | 81 |
| The wise should possess their lives in hope. Euripides. | 82 |
| The wise spare both time and words. German. | 83 |
| The wise take the middle way. German. | 84 |
| The wise weighs his words on the goldsmith’s scales. German. | 85 |
| The wise with hope support the pains of life. Euripides. | 86 |
| The wisest are not always wise. French. | 87 |
| The wisest man cannot turn a good action into ridicule. Euripides. | 88 |
| There is no condition but sits well on a wise man. | 89 |
| There is no one so wise he does not slip sometimes. German. | 90 |
| ’Tis not knowing much, but what is useful that makes the wise man. | 91 |
| To the wise a word may suffice. | 92 |
| We cannot all be wise. | 93 |
| When a wise man errs, he errs with a vengeance. | 94 |
| When wise men fall out then rogues come by what is not their own. Punch. | 95 |
| When wise men play the fool they do it with a vengeance. Italian. | 96 |
| Who is wise is more than rich. German. | 97 |
| Whoever is not too wise is wise. Martial. | 98 |
| Wise men always practise moderation in passion. Euripides. | 99 |
| Wise men are caught in wiles. | 100 |
| Wise men are instructed by reason, men of less understanding by reason, the most ignorant by necessity, and beasts by nature. Cicero. | 101 |
| Wise men care not for what they cannot have. | 102 |
| Wise men in the world are like timber trees in a hedge—here and there one. | 103 |
| Wise men, though all laws were abolished, would lead the same lives. Aristophanes. | 104 |
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