Wisdom Quotes

"If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed."

- Marcus Aurelius

"We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say."

- Zeno of Citium

"No man was ever wise by chance."

- Seneca

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

- Marcus Aurelius

""It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.""

- Douglas Malloch

"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control."

- Epictetus

"Follow where reason leads."

- Zeno of Citium

"It takes a wise man to discover a wise man."

- Diogenes

"The wise man knows that he knows nothing, and yet he still seeks knowledge."

- Diogenes

"There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool."

- Diogenes

"Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well."

- Epictetus

"The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have."

- Epictetus

"Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak."

- Epictetus

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."

- Epictetus

"Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool."

- Seneca

"He who knows best knows how little he knows."

- Thomas Jefferson

"What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for."

- Irish proverb

"In vino veritas. In wine there is truth."

- Pliny the Elder

"When a friend warned him that alcohol was slow poison, Robert Benchley replied, "So who's in a hurry?""

- Robert Benchley

"There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others."

- Raymond Chandler

"Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake."

- W.C. Fields

"He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight."

- Sun Tzu

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt."

- Sun Tzu

"Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical."

- Sun Tzu

"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak."

- Sun Tzu

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."

- Sun Tzu

"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near."

- Sun Tzu

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win"

- Sun Tzu

"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."

"A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it’s better to be thoroughly sure."