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Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men. - John Churton Collins You read of but one wise man; and all that he knew was--that he knew nothing. - William Congreve Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace. - William Cowper Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart Must hold both sisters, never seen apart. - William Cowper, Expostulation (l. 634) Some people are more nice than wise. - William Cowper, Mutual Forbearance But they whom truth and wisdom lead Can gather honey from a weed. - William Cowper, Pine-Apple and Bee (l. 35) It seems the part of wisdom. - William Cowper, Task (bk. IV, l. 336) Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. - William Cowper, Task (bk. VI, l. 96) Extremes of fortune are true wisdom's test, and he's of men most wise who bears them best. - Richard Cumberland, Bishop of Peterborough (1) The wise are above books. - Samuel Daniel If thou kiss Wisdom's cheek and make her thine, she will breathe into thy lips divinity, and thou, like Phoebus, shalt speak oracle. - Thomas Dekker (Decker) The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation. - Demosthenes All human wisdom, to divine, is folly. - Sir John Denham The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages may be preserved by quotation. - Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature--Quotation, Quotation Who are a little wise, the best fools be. - Dr. John Donne, The Triple Fool In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance. - Theodore Dreiser The wisdom of women comes to them by inspiration, their folly by meditation. - Alexandre Dumas pere The wise man is seldom prudent. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today. - Tryon Edwards Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the life-long attempt to acquire it. - Albert Einstein No man can be wise on an empty stomach. - George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans Cross) Man thinks Brutes have no wisdom, since they know not his: Can we divine their world? - George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans Cross), The Spanish Gypsy (bk. II) Body cannot teach wisdom; God only. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Every moment instructs, and every object; for wisdom is infused into every form. It has been poured into us as blood; it convulsed us as pain; it slid into us as pleasure; it enveloped us in dull, melancholy days, or in days of cheerful labor; we did not guess its essence until after long time. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Displaying page 3 of 12 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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