Quotes
Quotes about Wisdom
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourselves.
That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.
I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
This picture, plac'd the busts between Gives Satire all its strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen While Folly glares at length.
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
Experience, next, to thee I owe, Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's way, And giv'st access, though secret she retire.
Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.
Wisdom becomes nonsense in the mouth of a fanatic.
Wisdom becomes nonsense in the mouth of a fanatic.
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth; If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. [Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]
Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew.
