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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. - William Shakespeare, As You Like It (Touchstone at V, i) Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise. - William Shakespeare, King Lear (Fool at I, v) 'Tis much he dares; And to that dauntless temper of his mind He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor To act in safety. - William Shakespeare, Macbeth (Macbeth at III, i) Well, God give them wisdom that have it, and those that are fools, let them use their talents. - William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Clown at I, v) A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome. - Henry Wheeler Shaw (used pseudonyms Josh Billings and Uncle Esek) Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power. - Henry Wheeler Shaw (used pseudonyms Josh Billings and Uncle Esek) The glory and increase of wisdom stands in exercising it. - Sir Philip Sidney (Sydney) What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living. - Sir Philip Sidney (Sydney) Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. - Charles Simmons (2) The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already. - William Gilmore Simms Wisdom adorns riches, and shadows poverty. - Socrates Wisdom begins in wonder. - Socrates As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. - Socrates in Plato's "Phaedrus", sec. CCXXXV Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn. - Sophocles Wisdom is the most important part of happiness. - Sophocles A short saying oft contains much wisdom. - Sophocles, Aletes (frag. 99) Happy those Who in the after-days shall live, when Time Hath spoken, and the multitude of years Taught wisdom to mankind! - Robert Southey, Joan of Arc (bk. I) Wisdom and love do not take up their abode in the same breast. - Emile Souvestre The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Gleanings among the Sheaves--The First Lesson Away, thou strange justifier of thyself, to be wiser than thou wert, by the event. - quoted by Sir George Staunton, in a speech replying to Sir James Graham's resolution condemning the Melbourne ministry, House of Commons Wisdom may be the ultimate arbiter, but is seldom the immediate agent in human affairs. - Sir James Fitzjames Stephen Human wisdom is the aggregate of all human experience, constantly accumulating and selecting and reorganizing its own materials. - Justice Joseph Story Wisdom is a fox who, after long hunting, will at last cost you the pains to dig out; it is a cheese, which, by how much the richer, has the thicker, the homlier, and the coarser coat; and whereof to a judicious palate, the maggots are best. It is a sack posset, wherein the deeper you go, you'll find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is attended with an egg. But lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. - Jonathan Swift He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so. - Syrus (Publilius Syrus), Maxims He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap. - Syrus (Publilius Syrus), Maxims Displaying page 10 of 12 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 [10] 11 12
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