_W!sdom*_

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. Herb Caen


A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. Francis Bacon


All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Henry David Thoreau


By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius


Cleverness is not wisdom. Euripides


Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? Friedrich Nietzsche


Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. Elbert Hubbard


He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. James Huneker


He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. Mary Wilson Little


Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson


In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. Lord Chesterfield


It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau


It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. William Ralph Inge


It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. Walter Lippmann


Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson


Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings


Memory is the mother of all wisdom. Aeschylus


Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. Juvenal


Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. Theodore Roosevelt


No man was ever wise by chance. Lucius Annaeus Seneca


Patience is the companion of wisdom. Saint Augustine


Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. Tobias Smollett


The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James


The doors of wisdom are never shut. Benjamin Franklin


The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Jean Paul


The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. H. L. Mencken


The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates


The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. Napoleon Bonaparte


The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. Benjamin Disraeli


The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. Dean Inge


The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. Oliver Wendell Holmes


There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. Charles Dickens


To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. Akhenaton


To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell


Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey


We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw


When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth. Sara Teasdale


Wisdom begins at the end. Daniel Webster


Wisdom begins in wonder. Socrates


Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. Tom Wilson


Wisdom is a sacred communion. Victor Hugo


Wisdom is found only in truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. David Starr Jordan


Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. Horace


Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. Doug Larson


Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. Doug Larson


Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. Sophocles


Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Sophocles


Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. Kahlil Gibran


Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Confucius