WISDOM

WISDOM

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. Herb Caen A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. Francis Bacon All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Henry David Thoreau By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius Cleverness is not wisdom. Euripides Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? Friedrich Nietzsche Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. Elbert Hubbard He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. James Huneker He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. Mary Wilson Little Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. Lord Chesterfield It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. William Ralph Inge It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. Walter Lippmann Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings Memory is the mother of all wisdom. Aeschylus Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. Juvenal Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. Theodore Roosevelt No man was ever wise by chance. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Patience is the companion of wisdom. Saint Augustine Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. Tobias Smollett The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James The doors of wisdom are never shut. Benjamin Franklin The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Jean Paul The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. H. L. Mencken The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. Napoleon Bonaparte The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. Benjamin Disraeli The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. Dean Inge The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. Oliver Wendell Holmes There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. Charles Dickens To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. Akhenaton To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw 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. Sara Teasdale Wisdom begins at the end. Daniel Webster Wisdom begins in wonder. Socrates Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. Tom Wilson Wisdom is a sacred communion. Victor Hugo Wisdom is found only in truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. David Starr Jordan Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. Horace Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. Doug Larson Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. Doug Larson Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. Sophocles Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Sophocles Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. Kahlil Gibran Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Confucius