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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON WISDOM 3
Hit the iron while it's still hot.
Palestine Proverb
Don't be penny wise and pound foolish.
Scottish Proverb (Sayings of Scottish origin)
The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
Knowing just one word of wisdom is like knowing a hundred ordinary words.
Tibetan Proverb (Sayings of Tibetan origin)
The wise pursue understanding; fools follow the reports of others.
Tibetan Proverb (Sayings of Tibetan origin)
Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.
Turkish Proverb (Sayings of Turkish origin)
You can get farther with a friendly word than with a club.
Ukrainian Proverb
A nation's treasure is its scholars.
Yiddish Proverb (Sayings of Yiddish origin)
Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.
Francis Quarles (1592-1644, British poet)
It is not wise to be wiser than necessary.
Philippe Quinault
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, American President (26th))
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778, Swiss political philosopher, educationist, essayist)
A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.
Helen Rowland (1875-1950, American journalist)
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970, British philosopher, mathematician, essayist)
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1900-1944, French aviator, writer)
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
George Santayana (1863-1952, American philosopher, poet)
A wise man will keep his suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.
George Savile
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller (1759-1805, German dramatist, poet, historian)
If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860, German philosopher)
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860, German philosopher)
There are only two things that are absolute realities, love and knowledge, and you can't escape them.
Olive Schreiner
Wit and wisdom are born with a man.
John Selden (1584-1654, British jurist, statesman)
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -- in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
So wise so young, they say, do never live long.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
To be wise and love exceeds man's might.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950, Irish-born British dramatist)
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904, Scottish author)
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904, Scottish author)
Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904, Scottish author)
Each person has a literature inside them. But when people lose language, when they have to experiment with putting their thoughts together on the spot -- that's what I love most. That's where character lives.
Anna Deavere Smith
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
Socrates (BC 469-399, Greek philosopher of Athens)
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Socrates (BC 469-399, Greek philosopher of Athens)
Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.
Socrates (BC 469-399, Greek philosopher of Athens)
Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.
Sophocles (495-406 BC, Greek tragic poet)
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Sophocles (495-406 BC, Greek tragic poet)
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.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892, British Baptist preacher)
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226, Italian preacher, founder of The Franciscan Orde)
The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it
Konstantin Stanislavisky (1863-1968, Russian actor, theatre director, teacher)
A wise man ought to have money in his head, but not in his heart.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745, Anglo-Irish satirist)
The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
The real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance.
Gladys Taber
The end result of wisdom is... good deeds.
The Talmud (BC 500?-400? AD, Jewish archive of oral tradition)
Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
The Talmud (BC 500?-400? AD, Jewish archive of oral tradition)
Who is wise? One who learns from all.
The Talmud (BC 500?-400? AD, Jewish archive of oral tradition)
Wisdom is perishable. Unlike information or knowledge, it cannot be stored in a computer or recorded in a book. It expires with each passing generation.
Sid Taylor
Better to get wisdom than gold.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Proverbs 3:13-15
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
If you love only those who love you ... if you help only those who help you ...what merit is that to you?
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Luke 6:32,33
In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you stemma to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: 1 Corinthians 3:18-19
So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Proverbs 15:31
The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Psalms 19:7
The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Ecclesiastes 38:25
Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge shall every room be filled with precious and pleasant riches.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Thus saith the Lord, "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches."
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Jeremiah 9:23
Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Wisdom is better than weapons of war.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
James Thurber (1894-1961, American humorist, illustrator)
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.
James Thurber (1894-1961, American humorist, illustrator)
A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
By others’ faults the wise correct their own.
Author Unknown
If you wish to know the road up the mountain, ask the man who goes back and forth on it.
Author Unknown
Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you.
Author Unknown
Many people might have attained wisdom had they not assumed they already had it.
Author Unknown
The best mind might be the wisest mind if it were a mind alone that produces wisdom.
Author Unknown
The wise man says it cannot be done, but the fool goes and does it.
Author Unknown
Understanding the limitations of human beings, as well as understanding your own, is the beginning of true wisdom.
Author Unknown
What a wonderful world this would be if there were as many wise people as there are cleaver people.
Author Unknown
Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.
Author Unknown
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
Author Unknown
Wisdom is the ability to correct mistakes.
Author Unknown
Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is a tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
Author Unknown
Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be.
Author Unknown
Without wisdom, knowledge is more stupid than ignorance.
Author Unknown
You can buy education, but wisdom is a gift from God.
Author Unknown
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
Is there anyone wise enough to learn from other people's experience?
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.
Diana Vreeland
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, American businessman, founder of IBM)
It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed "Wisdom." And then I know exactly what is going to follow: "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951, Austrian philosopher)
Committing a great truth to memory is admirable; committing it to life is wisdom.
William A. Ward
Wisdom begins at the end.
Daniel Webster (1782-1852, American lawyer, statesman)
He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924, American President (28th))
Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.
Andrew Young (1932-, Civil rights activist, protestant minister, public official)
Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer.
Edward Young (1683-1765, British poet, dramatist)
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