Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

wisdom

Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate. 29 views from Friedrich Schiller

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action. 7 other views from Louis D. Brandeis

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. 52 quotes from George Eliot

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more. 12 thoughts from William Cowper

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. 22 quotes from Jimi Hendrix

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions. 14 wisdom & wit from Laurence Sterne

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. 52 more quotes from George Eliot

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. 20 views from George S. Patton

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom. 25 other wisdom & wit from Will Durant

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. 14 quotes from Laurence Sterne

The hours of folly are measured by the clock but of wisdom, no clock can measure. 32 sayings from William Blake

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. 32 quotes from William Blake

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. 6 wisdom & wit from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed. 12 quotes from William Cowper

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom. 29 more quotes from Friedrich Schiller

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. 7 more quotes from Mary Astell

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. 5 quotes from Abigail Adams

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. 12 wisdom & wit from William Cowper

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes. 2 views from Richard Cecil

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. 6 quotes from Felix Frankfurter

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own. 4 more wisdom & wit from Clarence Day

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments. 2 thoughts from Ezra Stiles

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. 46 thoughts from George Santayana

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. 10 quotes from Og Mandino

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. 2 views from Gabriel Marcel

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. 4 sayings from Evelyn Underhill

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. 58 other quotes from Thomas Carlyle

Man is only great when he acts from passion. 75 more quotes from Benjamin Disraeli

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. 3 quotes from Charles Simmons

No man is the wiser for his learning it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon but wit and wisdom are born with a man. 2 quotes from John Selden

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense. 23 other wisdom & wit from Henry Miller

The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom. 2 other wisdom & wit from Ezra Stiles

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. 46 views from George Santayana

The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship. 6 quotes from Norman Douglas

The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. 6 sayings from Norman Douglas

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. 75 more thoughts from Benjamin Disraeli

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom. 5 sayings from Jose Bergamin

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? 6 quotes from Norman Douglas

When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him if he wants to pull back, send him on his way. 4 sayings from Morihei Ueshiba

Wisdom comes by disillusionment. 46 quotes from George Santayana

Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values. 3 wisdom & wit from Sidney Hook

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. 56 wisdom & wit from Khalil Gibran

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon

A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom. 4 other wisdom & wit from Richard Le Gallienne

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. 15 sayings from Moliere

All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope. 4 more quotes from Alexandre Dumas

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. 24 views from Carl Sandburg

Be happy. It's one way of being wise. 9 more sayings from Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use. 2 quotes from John Denham

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. 30 views from Charles Caleb Colton

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. 3 other quotes from John Webster

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun. 6 wisdom & wit from Franz Grillparzer

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own. 2 more quotes from Johannes Tauler

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. 2 more quotes from James Huneker

Honesty is the best policy. 96 sayings from Benjamin Franklin

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. 6 sayings from Roger Ascham

It is impossible to love and to be wise. 67 other wisdom & wit from Francis Bacon

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. 56 sayings from Khalil Gibran

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. 19 other quotes from Anton Chekhov

Life is the only real counselor wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. 6 quotes from Edith Wharton

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together. 37 wisdom & wit from Edmund Burke

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. 30 more quotes from Charles Caleb Colton

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. 12 more quotes from Ludwig van Beethoven

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. 7 wisdom & wit from Joey Adams

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. 56 more views from Khalil Gibran

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. 19 quotes from Anton Chekhov

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control. 41 other wisdom & wit from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. 17 quotes from Plutarch

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon

Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life. 36 quotes from Lord Byron

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. 40 wisdom & wit from William James

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it. 3 quotes from Solomon Ibn Gabirol

The doors of wisdom are never shut. 96 other views from Benjamin Franklin

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. 96 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Franklin

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false the second, to know that which is true. 2 quotes from Lactantius

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. 13 wisdom & wit from Stephen Gardiner

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it. 3 views from Constantin Stanislavski

The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change the realist adjusts the sails. 14 other wisdom & wit from William Arthur Ward

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. 16 views from Isaac Asimov

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. 56 other thoughts from Khalil Gibran

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. 11 quotes from Robert E. Lee

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. 96 sayings from Benjamin Franklin

This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school. 3 quotes from Thomas Dekker

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. 36 more sayings from Lord Byron

To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius. 4 thoughts from Minna Antrim

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. 17 views from Plutarch

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance. 4 sayings from Saadi

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. 2 other sayings from Lactantius

Wisdom begins at the end. 12 other quotes from Daniel Webster

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. 56 thoughts from Khalil Gibran

Wisdom is knowing what to do next virtue is doing it. 2 other views from David Starr Jordan

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being. 25 wisdom & wit from Orison Swett Marden

Wisdom is learning what to overlook. 40 quotes from William James

Wisdom sails with wind and time. 3 views from John Florio

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. 56 other quotes from Khalil Gibran

Wise men make more opportunities than they find. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon

A loving heart is the truest wisdom. 26 quotes from Charles Dickens

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. 6 other views from George William Curtis

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom. 12 quotes from John Barrymore

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. 5 quotes from Omar N. Bradley

If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks. 3 more thoughts from Sidney Lanier

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. 29 quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. 13 views from Ansel Adams

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. 9 wisdom & wit from John Steinbeck

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. 5 more thoughts from Richard Whately

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows. 19 wisdom & wit from Alfred North Whitehead

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom. 16 quotes from Havelock Ellis

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. 14 quotes from Bertolt Brecht

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. 2 views from Wallace Stegner

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness. 5 thoughts from Sacha Guitry

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. 32 views from Michel de Montaigne

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. 24 more quotes from Ayn Rand

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. 26 quotes from Charles Dickens

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. 3 sayings from Sidney Lanier

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. 32 more wisdom & wit from Michel de Montaigne

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother. 33 other views from Erma Bombeck

Wisdom is a sacred communion. 73 quotes from Victor Hugo

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. 6 quotes from Thomas J. Watson

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. 50 quotes from Robert Frost

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance. 17 thoughts from Leo Buscaglia

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. 105 views from Albert Einstein

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. 18 quotes from Jean Paul

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. 105 thoughts from Albert Einstein

The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe. 4 other sayings from Torquato Tasso

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. 18 other quotes from Jean Paul

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. 9 wisdom & wit from Andrew Jackson

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart. 3 more quotes from William Dean Howells

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. 5 more wisdom & wit from Tom Wilson

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. 5 other thoughts from Octavio Paz

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. 2 quotes from Herb Caen

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. 13 more quotes from John Muir

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned. 3 other quotes from Thomas Reid

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. 8 quotes from Karl Kraus

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. 70 sayings from Thomas Jefferson

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. 42 views from Josh Billings

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be. 70 other quotes from Thomas Jefferson

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship. 2 other wisdom & wit from Pietro Aretino

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. 20 sayings from Anatole France

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. 7 other wisdom & wit from Abraham Maslow

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. 13 views from John Muir

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. 20 views from Anatole France

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. 8 more thoughts from Thomas Hobbes

Kindness is wisdom. 6 other sayings from Philip James Bailey

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. 42 quotes from Josh Billings

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. 13 thoughts from Immanuel Kant

The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. 38 sayings from William Hazlitt

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. 17 other wisdom & wit from John Burroughs

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. 42 sayings from Josh Billings

This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven. 7 wisdom & wit from Joseph Barber Lightfoot

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. 38 other wisdom & wit from William Hazlitt

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. 2 views from Dora Russell

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. 42 wisdom & wit from Josh Billings

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. 70 sayings from Thomas Jefferson

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. 3 thoughts from Gerald Brenan

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. 21 other sayings from William Wordsworth

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. 45 quotes from Bertrand Russell

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. 135 more thoughts from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. 45 more sayings from Bertrand Russell

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young. 35 sayings from Rabindranath Tagore

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. 6 other thoughts from Francis Quarles

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. 14 sayings from Arthur Conan Doyle

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. 9 sayings from Margaret Fuller

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. 135 more views from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. 3 wisdom & wit from Alfred Austin

The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in. 10 more views from Wilson Mizner

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds. 46 thoughts from John F. Kennedy

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom to serve all, but love only one. 53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. 135 other quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. 3 more quotes from Isaac D'Israeli

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom. 3 other wisdom & wit from Julia Ward Howe

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. 43 more quotes from Alexander Pope

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. 45 views from Bertrand Russell

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. 10 thoughts from Wilson Mizner

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days. 4 wisdom & wit from Robert Hall

We can't command our love, but we can our actions. 14 other quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. 46 quotes from John F. Kennedy

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery. 7 sayings from Thomas Moore

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom. 135 more sayings from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love. 53 other views from Honore de Balzac

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. 9 views from John Cheever

Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. 6 more views from Francis Quarles

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. 9 quotes from John Cheever

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. 59 wisdom & wit from Elbert Hubbard

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. 58 sayings from Henry Ward Beecher

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. 10 other thoughts from William Ralph Inge

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. 15 more views from Reinhold Niebuhr

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source. 5 sayings from Brigham Young

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. 58 sayings from Henry Ward Beecher

Winners never quit and quitters never win. 16 quotes from Vince Lombardi

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. 16 sayings from Vince Lombardi

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. 15 other quotes from Norman Cousins

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem. 2 thoughts from Shmuel Y. Agnon

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. 117 views from Henry David Thoreau

Beware of false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance. 115 other thoughts from George Bernard Shaw

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom. 7 other views from Walter Benjamin

Experience is not what happens to you it's what you do with what happens to you. 45 more wisdom & wit from Aldous Huxley

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. 117 other quotes from Henry David Thoreau

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. 32 more thoughts from Henry Ford

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. 10 thoughts from John D. Rockefeller

The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. 7 more quotes from Walter Benjamin

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. 14 more thoughts from Edward Young

The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness. 24 quotes from Jean Cocteau

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow. 11 thoughts from William Osler

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys superior wisdom is superior bliss. 14 thoughts from Edward Young

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. 6 quotes from Arthur Helps

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. 115 other thoughts from George Bernard Shaw

We don't receive wisdom we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. 18 quotes from Marcel Proust

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. 2 more thoughts from Stephen Vincent Benet

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. 6 other sayings from Arthur Helps

All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward. 2 other sayings from Johann Georg Hamann

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. 4 quotes from Ben Hogan

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. 11 sayings from Lucille Ball

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. 11 other quotes from Lucille Ball

In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance. 3 other sayings from Theodore Dreiser

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom. 10 more quotes from Maurice Maeterlinck

Teach you children poetry it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary. 15 other sayings from Walter Scott

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. 50 quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. 13 sayings from Herman Melville

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. 6 quotes from Sara Teasdale

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. 20 more sayings from Herbert Hoover

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. 2 quotes from Francis Hutcheson

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation. 6 more wisdom & wit from Sara Teasdale

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next. 20 quotes from Herbert Hoover

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. 60 other wisdom & wit from H. L. Mencken

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. 90 sayings from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention. 90 views from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone. 90 other views from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. 8 quotes from Walter Lippmann

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. 2 thoughts from Elizabeth Kenny

Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom. 4 thoughts from Jeremy Collier

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. 63 wisdom & wit from Samuel Johnson

Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. 15 other quotes from Cyril Connolly

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. 60 more sayings from H. L. Mencken

To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly. 63 sayings from Samuel Johnson

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. 90 other quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? 23 quotes from T. S. Eliot

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience. 60 more wisdom & wit from H. L. Mencken

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. 24 other quotes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? 103 sayings from Friedrich Nietzsche

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom. 7 quotes from Jean Giraudoux

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich. 3 sayings from Evelyn Waugh

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care. 15 views from William Penn

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. 100 other sayings from Mahatma Gandhi

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst. 15 wisdom & wit from Desiderius Erasmus

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom. 13 more thoughts from e. e. cummings

Man's wisdom is his best friend folly his worst enemy. 6 other quotes from William Temple

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered. 11 quotes from Graham Greene

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. 36 more views from Theodore Roosevelt

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. 15 other quotes from William Penn

Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness. 4 other quotes from Aleister Crowley

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. 24 quotes from Adlai E. Stevenson

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. 103 more views from Friedrich Nietzsche

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

To keep your secret is wisdom to expect others to keep it is folly. 4 sayings from William Samuel Johnson

We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation. 6 thoughts from William O. Douglas

What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. 4 other thoughts from Shinichi Suzuki

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise. 2 other thoughts from Paul Engle