#wise man

The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#beings #even #himself #his #man

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. ↗

— Akhenaton

#folly #fool #his #ignorance #knoweth

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#finally #fool #man #once #wise

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#himself #known #man #mistakes #wise

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ↗

— Plato

#among #born #even #found #hero

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. ↗