WISDOM QUOTES VII

quotations about wisdom

Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?

PLATO

Charmides


Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

King Lear

Tags: William Shakespeare


Wisdom is at all times the least burdensome traveling pack.

WILLIAM CAMDEN

attributed, Day's Collacon


He that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Lacon


Better to be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

AESOP

"Juno and the Peacock", Aesop's Fables

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The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.

WILLIAM BLAKE

Proverbs of Hell

Tags: William Blake


Wisdom is wisdom, wherever found.

G. DAVID NORDLEY

"The Fountain", Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1, 2013


All wisdom ends in paradox.

JEFFREY EUGENIDES

The Virgin Suicides

Tags: Jeffrey Eugenides


It is because the old have forgotten life that they preach wisdom.

PHILIP MOELLER

Helena's Husband

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Wisdom is the lost property of the believer.

MUHAMMAD

Muhammad: The Last Prophet


Nothing doth more hurt in a state, than that cunning men pass for wise.

FRANCIS BACON

"Of Cunning", The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Tags: Francis Bacon


Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.

NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

The Prince

Tags: Niccolo Machiavelli


A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.

THOMAS BROWNE

Religio Medici

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Beware of a leader who doesn't have scars or walk with a limp. One of the characteristics of a great leader is wisdom, and the best way to get wisdom is through experience. Normally that experience includes a few failures -- that's where battle scars and limps come from.

INGAR GREV

"Here's why companies don't want to hire people over the age of 40", The Business Journals, January 26, 2016


Wisdom is inconceivable apart from something about which it can be called into operation.

SABINE BARING-GOULD

The Origin and Development of Religious Belief: Christianity

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What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.

SRI AUROBINDO

Thoughts and Aphorisms


Never, no, never did Nature say one thing and Wisdom say another.

EDMUND BURKE

Letters on a Regicide Peace

Tags: Edmund Burke


A wise man who cultivates wisdom may sometimes drown in it.

EIJI YOSHIKAWA

Taiko

Tags: Eiji Yoshikawa


True wisdom is not found in yes-or-no answers, but in the open mind of not-knowing.

MELVIN MCLEOD

"Benefit, Not Benefits", Lion's Roar, April 3, 2017


A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts.

JAMES ALLEN

Above Life's Turmoil

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