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Quote 3071
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polishby: Anne BradstreetShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 3043
Wisdom 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.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 3040
Do you think yourself wise? Then there's a donkey inside your waistcoatShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2987
Knowledge is like a baobab tree - one person's arms are not enough to encompass itAfrican proverbShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2984
A wise man seeks wisdom; a madman thinks that he has found it.Persian proverbShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2979
I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of the cats is infinitely superior.by: Hyppolyte TaineShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2938
The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creationby: John LockeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2924
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of itby: John LockeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2883
Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2869
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look outShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2862
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everythingShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2838
In everything that relates to science, I am a whole Encyclopaedia behind the rest of the world.by: Charles LambShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2766
Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiotsby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2759
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaustby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2748
It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to you, and to turn your heart to God and not to be troubled with the judgment of othersby: Thomas a KempisShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2739
The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing , to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts, not a select partyby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2736
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom, one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wiseby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2685
Wisdom is the supreme part of happinessShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2654
To be a teacher in the right sense is to be a learner. I am not a teacher, only a fellow studentShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2537
The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn thingsShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2506
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practiceby: Anton ChekhovShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2483
The wise only possess ideas, the great part of mankind are possessed by themShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2474
There are periods when to dare, is the highest wisdomShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2463
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new powerShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2446
All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more sereneShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2436
A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledgeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2416
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distributionby: Andrew CarnegieShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2414
It is the mind that makes the body richby: Andrew CarnegieShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2404
Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charityby: Andrew CarnegieShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2369
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2324
Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and moreShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2259
One wise man's verdict outweighs all the foolsby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2189
I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its placeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2146
In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2141
The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may leadby: Luther BurbankShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2138
Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of natureby: Luther BurbankShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2122
The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.by: William BlakeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2119
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instructionby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2108
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wiseby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2103
If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunningby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2102
The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of Godby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2078
The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom...for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enoughby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2028
Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 2026
The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of educationby: AntisthenesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1998
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and wellShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1996
Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besidesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1818
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeedby: Edward YoungShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1788
One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughterby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1783
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian geniusby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1773
The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideasby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1755
Animals, 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 compassby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1741
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothingby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1717
They know enough who know how to learnShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1599
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fearShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1583
The less men think, the more they talk.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1565
A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy, a wise man because he thinks what is easy is difficultShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1525
Time is the wisest counselor of allby: PeriklesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1499
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown awayby: Arthur HelpsShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1498
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of menby: ConfuciusShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1497
Wisdom is the supreme part of happinessby: SophoclesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1496
Wisdom is found only in truthShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1494
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdomShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1492
The truest wisdom is a resolute determinationby: NapoleonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1491
The doors of wisdom are never shutShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1487
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingersby: Alfred TennysonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1486
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great headShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1483
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his ownby: Publilius SyrusShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1463
Wisdom is a sacred communion.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1461
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdomShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1460
A prudent question is one-half of wisdomby: Francis BaconShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1391
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Godsby: PlatonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1342
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worseby: William HazlittShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1341
A wise traveler never despises his own countryby: William HazlittShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1333
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfullyby: Thomas FullerShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1271
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heartby: Jonathan SwiftShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1239
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdomby: ConfuciusShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1147
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.by: Ernest RenanShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1138
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don'tby: Anatole FranceShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1135
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligenceShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1119
experience is the only prophecy of wise menShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1118
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaustby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1113
The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wiselyShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1111
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wiselyby: Auguste RodinShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1095
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind youngby: Henry FordShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1090
Wisdom begins in wonderby: SocratesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1088
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1086
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotationsShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1085
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothingby: SocratesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1084
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlookby: William JamesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1083
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in timeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1081
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to themby: EpiktetShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1080
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate thingsShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1079
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years agoShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1078
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdomby: Thomas JeffersonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1077
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limitby: Elbert HubbardShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1075
Cleverness is not wisdomby: EuripidesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1074
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1073
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderationby: MoliereShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1042
To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in lifeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Quote 1041
The wise does at once what the fool does at lastShowing Quotes on wisdom
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