Wise man meaning

Noun: wise man

Pronunciation:(wIz man)

Wise man meaning:

• A wise and trusted guide and advisor

Synonyms: mentor

Derived forms: wise men
Quotations:

1. William Shakespeare – The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
2. Shel Silverstein – The Voice there is a voice inside of you. That whispers all day long,”I feel this is right for me,I know that this is wrong.”No teacher, preacher, parent, friend or wise man can decide what’s right for you–just listen to the voice that speaks inside.
3. Seneca – True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
4. Lao Tzu – The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.
5. Loren Eiseley – Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day, and so, he walked faster to catch up.As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man, and that what he was doing was not dancing at all. The young man was reaching down to the shore, picking up small objects, and throwing them into the ocean.He came closer still and called out “Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?”The young man paused, looked up, and replied “Throwing starfish into the ocean.””I must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?” asked the somewhat startled wise man.To this, the young man replied, “The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them in, they’ll die.”Upon hearing this, the wise man commented, “But, young man, do you not realize that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can’t possibly make a difference!”At this, the young man bent down, picked up yet another starfish, and threw it into the ocean. As it met the water, he said, “It made a difference for that one.
6. Benjamin Franklin – The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
7. W.B. Yeats – Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
8. Jodi Picoult – A very wise man once told me that you can’t look back-you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.
9. Seneca – Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool
10. Epictetus – He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Sample sentences:

1. There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
2. Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else … Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
3. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
4. A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
5. The fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes.
6. At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different,” Sazed said. “Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.
7. 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.
8. A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell.
9. We find that at present the human race is divided into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every hundred. That is, by an optimistic observer. The nine knaves assemble themselves under the banner of the most knavish among them, and become ‘politicians’; the wise man stands out, because he knows himself to be hopelessly outnumbered, and devotes himself to poetry, mathematics, or philosophy; while the ninety fools plod off under the banners of the nine villains, according to fancy, into the labyrinths of chicanery, malice and warfare. It is pleasant to have command, observes Sancho Panza, even over a flock of sheep, and that is why the politicians raise their banners. It is, moreover, the same thing for the sheep whatever the banner. If it is democracy, then the nine knaves will become members of parliament; if fascism, they will become party leaders; if communism, commissars. Nothing will be different, except the name. The fools will be still fools, the knaves still leaders, the results still exploitation. As for the wise man, his lot will be much the same under any ideology. Under democracy he will be encouraged to starve to death in a garret, under fascism he will be put in a concentration camp, under communism he will be liquidated.
10. A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something.
11. He was a wise man who invented God.
12. A wise man can be a fool in love.
13. Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working.
14. You are a wise man, Major, and I will consider your advice with great care—and humility.” He finished his tea and rose from the table to go to his room. “But I must ask you, do you really understand what it means to be in love with an unsuitable woman?” “My dear boy,” said the Major. “Is there really any other kind?
15. All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority. Its obli­gation, therefore, never exceeds that of expediency. Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.
16. The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others,the more he has for his own.
17. A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
18. The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life–knowing that under certain conditions it is not worth while to live. He is of a disposition to do men service, though he is ashamed to have a service done to him. To confer a kindness is a mark of superiority; to receive one is a mark of subordination. He does not take part in public displays. He is open in his dislikes and preferences; he talks and acts frankly, because of his contempt for men and things. He is never fired with admiration, since there is nothing great in his eyes. He cannot live in complaisance with others, except it be a friend; complaisance is the characteristic of a slave. He never feels malice, and always forgets and passes over injuries. He is not fond of talking. It is no concern of his that he should be praised, or that others should be blamed. He does not speak evil of others, even of his enemies, unless it be to themselves. His carriage is sedate, his voice deep, his speech measured; he is not given to hurry, for he is concerned about only a few things; he is not prone to vehemence, for he thinks nothing very important. A shrill voice and hasty steps come to a man through care. He bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of his circumstances, like a skillful general who marshals his limited forces with the strategy of war. He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy, and is afraid of solitude.
19. As long as you live, you will be subject to change, whether you will it or not – now glad, now sorrowful; now pleased, now displeased; now devout, now undevout; now vigorous, now slothful; now gloomy, now merry. But a wise man who is well taught in spiritual labor stands unshaken in all such things, and heeds little what he feels, or from what side the wind of instability blows.
20. ‘Meanwhile, I want to ask you to do something,’ said the wise man, handing the boy a teaspoon that held two drops of oil.
21. Receive a cure from a doctor, learn from a wise man.
22. It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
23. A wise man can derive gold even from pus.
24. A wise man does not try to hurry history.
25. He would have acted as the dutiful younger until the wise man was far down the road.
26. A wise man would not act in that way.
27. I am filled with anguish that you have come here to see a wise man and a saint, and you see only a glutton.
28. One word is enough for a wise man.
29. A word is enough to a wise man.
30. Many, however, immediately go on their way to seek the wise man, the benefactor.