Quotes
Quotes about Wisdom
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!--Ah, but fools Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more. Wisdom and goodness they are God!--what schools Have yet so much as heard this simpler lore. This no Saint preaches, and this no Church rules: 'Tis in the desert, now and heretofore.
Though wisdom cannot be gotten with gold, still less can it be gotten without it.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom; but it preserves it.
There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.
We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only love can conquer all.
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied. -Herophilus.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. -Psalms 90:10.
There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.
I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work. - Wisdom for Our Time.
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
If wisdom were offered me with the provision that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
