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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON WISDOM 2
There are essentially two things hat will make us wiser: the books we read and the people we meet.
Charles "Tremendous" Jones (American motivational speaker, author)
Wisdom overcomes fortune.
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal (c.55-c.130, Roman satirical poet)
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
Karl Kraus (1874-1936, Austrian satirist)
You think he is your dupe; but if he pretends to be so, then who is the greater dupe: him or you?
Jean De La Bruyere (1645-1696, French classical writer)
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
It is far easier to be wise for others than to be wise for oneself
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
The most wise may be so in indifferent and ordinary matters, but they are seldom so in their most serious affairs.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
The wise man finds it better not to enter the encounter than to conquer. It is more necessary to study men than books.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd preferred to talk.
Doug Larson
It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930, British author)
Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870, American confederate army commander)
What matters most is that we learn from living.
Doris Lessing (1919-, British novelist)
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
Samuel Levenson
He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.
Georg C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799, German physicist, satirist)
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
Georg C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799, German physicist, satirist)
The wise man reads both books and life itself.
Yutang, Lin (1895-1976, Chinese writer and philologist)
There is no wisdom, save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather.
Martin Luther (1483-1546, German leader of the protestant reformation)
A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527, Italian author, statesman)
It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.
Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949, Belgian author)
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the ocean immensity and change. Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes, -- every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. Even the bee and ant have brought their little lessons of industry and economy.
Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924, American author, founder of Success Magazine)
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924, American author, founder of Success Magazine)
She could not separate success from peace of mind. The two must go together.
Daphne Du Maurier
It is not enough to possess wit. One must have enough of it to avoid having too much.
Andre Maurois (1885-1967, French writer)
The wise embrace all knowledge, but they are most earnest about what is of the greatest importance. The benevolent embrace all in their love, but they place the most importance on cultivating an earnest affection for the virtuous.
Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse) (c.370-300 BC, Chinese philosopher)
Wisdom is treating right as right, and wrong as wrong. Foolishness is treating right as wrong, and wrong as right.
Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse) (c.370-300 BC, Chinese philosopher)
No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.
H. L. Mencken (1880-1956, American editor, author, critic, humorist)
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873, British philosopher, economist)
Every day, I hear fools say things that are not foolish.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)
Wisdom hath her excesses, and no less need of moderation than folly.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)
Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools do of wise men. What he did by nature and accident, he cannot do by design. There is a difference between memory and understanding
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)
Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)
You can become a fool by too much wisdom.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)
A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma.
Joyce A. Myers
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900, German philosopher)
Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900, German philosopher)
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900, German philosopher)
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900, German philosopher)
A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
Chuck Noll (1932-, American football coach)
Even from an enemy a man can learn wisdom.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
You can't hide behind your finger.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice how he acts when he loses money.
New England Proverb
Behold, my son, with what little wisdom the world is ruled.
Count Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (1583-1654, Swedish statesman)
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.
John Patrick
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
Octavio Paz (1914-1998, Mexican poet, essayist)
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
Phaedrus (c.1-?, Macedonian inventor and writer)
The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
Pindar (BC 518?-18438, Greek poet)
The wisest have the most authority.
Plato (BC 427?-347?, Greek philosopher)
Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences.
Plato (BC 427?-347?, Greek philosopher)
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Plato (BC 427?-347?, Greek philosopher)
No man is wise enough by himself.
Titus Maccius Plautus (BC 254-184, Roman comic poet)
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
Titus Maccius Plautus (BC 254-184, Roman comic poet)
You can use salt to prevent meat from rotting, but what will you use to prevent salt from rotting?
Afghani Proverb
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
African Proverb (Sayings of African origin)
Even when there is no rooster, the morning will still start.
African Proverb (Sayings of African origin)
While the sun is shining, bask in it!
African Proverb (Sayings of African origin)
You can learn a lot about someone by observing him when he is hungry.
African Proverb (Sayings of African origin)
You can outrun what is running after you, but not what is running inside of you.
African Proverb (Sayings of African origin)
You cannot hunt with a tied dog.
Albanian Proverb
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
American Proverb (Sayings of American origin)
You made your bed, now lie in it.
American Proverb (Sayings of American origin)
Wisdom consists of ten parts: nine parts silence, and one part a few words.
Arabian Proverb (Sayings of Arabian origin)
You can't catch skunks with mice.
Canadian Proverb
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future -- look into your present actions.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future -- look into your present actions.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
You can be cautious of the future, but not of the past.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
There is no wise response to a foolish remark.
Czechoslovakian Proverb (Sayings of Czech origin)
Wise care keeps what it has gained.
Danish Proverb (Sayings of Danish origin)
You can't take a cow from a man who has no cows.
Danish Proverb (Sayings of Danish origin)
It's vain to learn wisdom yet live foolishly.
Dutch Proverb (Sayings of Dutch origin)
Wise people can't answer the most foolish questions.
Dutch Proverb (Sayings of Dutch origin)
You can't hatch chickens from fried eggs.
Dutch Proverb (Sayings of Dutch origin)
You can't shoe a horse while it is running.
Dutch Proverb (Sayings of Dutch origin)
Everything has its time.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
First come, first served.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
The wise person is only cheated once.
Finnish Proverb
Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
A drop of wisdom is better than a sea of gold.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
Do more things by wisdom than by force.
Hungarian Proverb (Sayings of Hungarian origin)
A glutton lives to eat; a wise man eats to live.
Irish Proverb (Sayings of Irish origin)
A questioning man is halfway to being wise.
Irish Proverb (Sayings of Irish origin)
Everyone is wise until he speaks.
Irish Proverb (Sayings of Irish origin)
Good sense is as important as food.
Irish Proverb (Sayings of Irish origin)
A wise person sometimes changes his mind, but a fool never does.
Italian Proverb (Sayings of Italian origin)
Yes and no rule the world.
Italian Proverb (Sayings of Italian origin)
Even a sheet of paper has two sides.
Japanese Proverb (Sayings of Japanese origin)
You can't see the whole sky through a bamboo tube.
Japanese Proverb (Sayings of Japanese origin)
He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream.
Latin Proverb (Sayings of Latin origin)
Even foul water will put out a fire.
Mongolian Proverb
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