In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.
To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.