Quotes About Wisdom
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2. It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
3. “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
4. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
5. “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
6. “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.”
7. In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
8. “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
9. “There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
" Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and
never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to
man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”
10. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Words of Wisdom
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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every
day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
We can be Knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
Wisdom begins at the end.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers without wrinkles.
The years teach much which the days never knew.
When I can look Life in the eyes,
Grown calm and very coldly wise,
Life will have given me the Truth,
And taken in exchange - my youth.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.
I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.
A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
If wisdom and diamonds grew on the same tree we could soon tell how much men loved wisdom.
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
One must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it out richly.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.
There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise.
The prince who would know all, must ignore much.
The child, offered the mother's breast,
Will not in the beginning grab it;
But soon it clings to it with zest.
And thus at wisdom's copious breasts
You'll drink each day with greater zest.
Every wise man lives in an observatory.
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. ~
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart.
Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
No man was ever wise by chance.
Life is one long experiment in learning. Who can be perfect all the time? Sometimes I feel half-wise, sometimes half-stupid.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. ~George Bernard Shaw
We can be Knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
Wisdom begins at the end.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers without wrinkles.
The years teach much which the days never knew.
When I can look Life in the eyes,
Grown calm and very coldly wise,
Life will have given me the Truth,
And taken in exchange - my youth.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.
I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.
A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
If wisdom and diamonds grew on the same tree we could soon tell how much men loved wisdom.
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
One must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it out richly.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.
There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise.
The prince who would know all, must ignore much.
The child, offered the mother's breast,
Will not in the beginning grab it;
But soon it clings to it with zest.
And thus at wisdom's copious breasts
You'll drink each day with greater zest.
Every wise man lives in an observatory.
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. ~
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart.
Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
No man was ever wise by chance.
Life is one long experiment in learning. Who can be perfect all the time? Sometimes I feel half-wise, sometimes half-stupid.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. ~George Bernard Shaw
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