As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.  Buddha quotes We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. Michel de Montaigne quotes The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing. Michel de Montaigne quotes It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. Margaret Fuller quotes Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May I consider the wise to be rich, and may I have such riches as only a person of self-restraint can bear or endure. Plato quotes Education is that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. Ambrose Bierce quotes A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. Niccolo Machiavelli quotes So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. Amos Bronson Alcott quotes He was a wise man who invented beer. Plato quotes | 
