Anna Jameson Quotes

As important as having strength is knowing how to use it.

The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

My best attribute is knowing when not to answer stupid questions.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.

A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.

I try to be very smart and use wisdom about everything.

When the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary; when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary.

The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.

We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise.

Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.

Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of taciturnity.

Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence.

Less pains in the world a man cannot take than to bold his tongue.

Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

What good is power when you're too wise to use it?

To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.

The essence of intelligence was to know when, or if, to expose even the heart's deep need for instruction.

Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.

The wise man is he who knows when and how to stop

It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.