WISDOM

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1. As you know our role in life has always been to be wiser than anyone else, and the consciousness of that is the only reward we are likely to get from it.—HENRY ADAMS, Letter
   

2. Wise men, though all laws were abolished, would lead the same lives.—ARISTOPHANES
   

3. It hath been an opinion that the French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are; but howsoever it be between nations, certainly it is so between man and man.—BACON, Of Seeming Wise
   

4. Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets.—Bible, Proverbs 1:20
   

5. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding.—Bible, Proverbs 4:7
   

6. Wisdom is better than rubies.—Bible, Proverbs 8:II
   

7. A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.—Bible, Proverbs 24:5
   

8. One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'.—BROWNING, Bishop Blougram's Apology
   

9. A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes that he is no longer indispensable.—ADMIRAL BYRD, Alone
   

10. A sadder and a wiser man
    He rose the morrow morn.—COLERIDGE, The Ancient Mariner
    

11. Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
    Tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.—CONGREVE, Letter to Cobham
    

12. It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.—DIOGENES LAERTIUS, Xenophanes
    

13. In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.—THEODORE DREISER, I Believe
    

14. All human wisdom is summed up in two words,—wait and hope.—DUMAS, The Count of Monte Cristo
    

15. Science and philosophy, in the history of states, reach their height after decadence has set in; wisdom is a harbinger of death.—WILL DURANT, The Life of Greece
    

16. Go where he will, the wise man is at home,
    His hearth the earth,—his hall the azure dome.—EMERSON, Wood-Notes
    

17. If, as they say, some dust thrown in my eyes
    Will keep my talk from getting over-wise,
    I'm not the one for putting off the proof.
    Let it be overwhelming.—ROBERT FROST, Dust in the Eyes
    

18. Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine.—HORACE GREELEY
    

19. The wisdom of mankind creeps slowly on,
    Subject to every doubt that can retard
    Or fling it back upon an earlier time.—RICHARD HORNE, Orion
    

20. They are wise in their generation who have discovered that intellectual pleasure is the most satisfying and the most enduring.—SOMERSET MAUGHAM, Books and You
    

21. A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.—THOMAS MIDDLETON, The Phoenix
    

22. To know
    That which before us lies in daily life
    Is the prime wisdom.—MILTON, Paradise Lost
    

23. The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.—J. B. O'REILLY, Rules of the Road
    

24. Not by years but by disposition is wisdom acquired.—PLAUTUS, Trinummus
    

25. A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.—Proverb
    

26. Wisdom is a good purchase, though we pay dear for it.—Proverb
    

27. Wisdom don't always speak in Greek and Latin.—Proverb
    

28. The wise hand doth not all the foolish tongue speaketh.—Proverb
    

29. Some are wise, and some are otherwise.—Proverb
    

30. An ounce of wisdom is worth a pound of forecast.—Proverb
    

31. He that is a wise man by day is no fool by night.—Proverb
    

32. He that is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich, or wise.—Proverb
    

33. He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.—PUBLILIUS SYRUS, Sententiae
    

34. 'Tis wise to learn; 'tis Godlike to create.—J. G. SAXE, The Library
    

35. Unlearn'd, he knew no schoolman's subtle art,
    No language, but the language of the heart.
    By nature honest, by experience wise,
    Healthy by temperance, and by exercise.—POPE, Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
    

36. So wise so young, they say, do never live long.—SHAKESPEARE, Richard III
    

37. For to be wise, and love, Exceeds man's might; that dwells with gods above.—SHAKESPEARE, Troilus and Cressida
    

38. God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents.—SHAKESPEARE, Twelfth Night
    

39. Though a man be wise,
    It is no shame for him to live and learn.—SOPHOCLES, Antigone
    

40. The fewer the things in which we are wise, the more value we set, of course, on our wisdom and the more irritating becomes the stupidity of our fellows in the field where we are wise.—CLARENCE STREIT, Union Now
    

41. Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.—TENNYSON, Locksley Hall
    

42. Immortal gods! how much does one man excel another! What a difference there is between a wise person and a fool!—TERENCE, Eunuchus
    

43. Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer.—EDWARD YOUNG, Night Thoughts
    

44. Be wise with speed;
    A fool at forty is a fool indeed.—EDWARD YOUNG, Love of Fame