Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.
Walt WhitmanEvil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power.
Tom Brown JrHe whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise
Quintus EnniusWisdom sails with wind and time
John FlorioConventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words.
Archibald MacLeishDistrust everyone in whom the impulse to punish is powerful! Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
Friedrich NietzscheThe invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is most important that we should keep in this country a certain leisured class. I am of the opinion of the ancient Jewish book which says 'there is no wisdom without leisure.'
W B YeatsAnimals, 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 AddisonIn complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.
Janet JacksonWisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.
Josh BillingsThe virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
AristotleTell me what you find better, or more honourable than age. Is not wisdom entailed upon it? Take the pre-eminence of it in everything; and in an old friend, in old wine, in an old pedigree
Shackerley MarmionBooks should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
John DenhamWisdom is oftimes nearer when we stoop, then when we soar.
William WordsworthPractical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
Samuel SmilesPope Benedict XVI assumes leadership at a critical time in which the world's collective wisdom and leadership including that of the religious community is most important to face up to challenges of deepening poverty and under-development afflicting many people of the world.
Thabo MbekiCleverness is not wisdom.
EuripidesIn life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
Lucille BallMixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
Bertolt BrechtHowever great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue. [Thus speaks the great philosopher]
Wilhelm Von HumboldtAll this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
Henry David ThoreauHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas JeffersonThere is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.
Brigham YoungProportion and propriety are among the best secrets of domestic wisdom; and there is no surer test of integrity than a well-proportioned expenditure
Hannah MoreKeep 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 GibranWisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
Bergen EvansOne of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.
GalbraithTo profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
Wilson MiznerSo confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
Thomas JeffersonOur own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
Henry MillerHe is a man of great wisdom and knowledge. He is a man who serves the Lord.
We remember well a sermon at the pope's funeral in Rome. His words touched our hearts and the hearts of millions. We join with our fellow citizens and millions around the world who pray for continuous strength and wisdom. [on Pope Benedict XVI]
George BushAnd 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 begins at the end.
Daniel WebsterIt is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver Wendell HolmesKnowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Alfred Lord TennysonThe wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
Andrew JacksonThough sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
Lord ByronHe 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 PennMistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
Phyllis TherouxGod, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Reinhold NiebuhrThe doors of wisdom are never shut.
Benjamin FranklinA proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Lord John RussellIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way (A Tale of Two Cities)
Charles DickensThey would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller The young boys that went to Athens, the first year, were wise men; the second year, philosophers, lovers of wisdom; the third year, mere orators; and the fourth but plebeians, and understood nothing but their own ignorance.
MenedemusMen who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.
Havelock EllisMuch wisdom often goes with fewest words.
SophoclesLearning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
Josh BillingsAlong with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
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