Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine
Horace GreeleyWisdom is oftimes nearer when we stoop, then when we soar.
William WordsworthAnger is blood, poured and perplexed into froth; but malice is the wisdom of our wrath.
William DavenantHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas JeffersonAnother possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth and fresher breath.
Dave BarryIt is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own
William Ralph IngeApothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.
William R AlgerThe virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
AristotleKnowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
William CowperScience is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Imannuel KantDemocracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people will be heard and their latent wisdom will prevail.
AnonymousThe pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.
Norman DouglasSometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
Elizabeth GaskellWisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
Doug LarsonThose who have no compassion have no wisdom. Knowledge, yes - cleverness, maybe - wisdom, no. A clever mind is not a heart.
Benjamin HoffNine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
Theodore RooseveltOld age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom
Joseph JoubertLessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
Laurence SterneWisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
Doug LarsonAlong with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
EuripidesWisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.
Josh BillingsWisdom outweighs any wealth.
SophoclesWisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
Samuel SmilesNot by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
Titus Maccius PlautusThe wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages may be preserved by quotation.
Isaac DisraeliAnd even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
AeschylusGrey hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
Rabindranath TagoreEvil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power.
Tom Brown JrIt is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver Wendell HolmesWisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles.
Estelle GettyA short saying often contains much wisdom.
SophoclesMistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
Phyllis TherouxKnowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
Jimi HendrixDo you know how to establish, regulate and direct the metabolism of your body? The assimilation of foodstuff so that it builds muscles, bones and flesh? No, you don't know how consciously, but there is a wisdom within you that does know.
Donald CurtisAnimals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
Joseph AddisonThat man is wisest who, like Socrates, realises that his wisdom is worthless
PlatoAnd I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
Venerable BedeWisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.
Francis QuarlesKeep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
Kahlil GibranConvictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.
Friedrich NietzscheGood people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure
William SaroyanWisdom sails with wind and time
John FlorioMorality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
Graham GreeneA man may learn wisdom even from a foe (The Birds)
AristophanesMusic is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.
Charlie ParkerThough sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
Lord ByronIt requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Walter J LippmannWisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfful to seek other than itself.
Kahlil GibranHe 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.
William Penn
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