Quotes with wisdom

  • To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things
  • Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

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  • Confucius To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things
    ― Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Aristophanes A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
    ― Aristophanes
    Ancient Greek comic playwright (446 - 386)
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  • Greg Anderson Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.
    ― Greg Anderson
    American author (1947 - )
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  • Josh Billings Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
    ― Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Cato the Elder It is sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
    ― Cato the Elder
    Roman senator and historian (234 - 149)
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  • James Allen The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
    ― James Allen
    British philosophical writer (1864 - 1912)
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  • Francis Bacon A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
    ― Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bhagavad Gita Action should culminate in wisdom.
    ― Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Alexandre Dumas père All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.
    ― Alexandre Dumas père
    French writer (1802 - 1870)
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  • William Faulkner The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
    ― William Faulkner
    American writer (1897 - 1962)
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  • William Arthur Ward Committing a great truth to memory is admirable; committing it to life is wisdom.
    ― William Arthur Ward
    American writer and poet (1921 - 1994)
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  • Aeschylus Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
    ― Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Aeschylus And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
    ― Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Robert Frost A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
    ― Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
    ― Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Bertrand Russell Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
    ― Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Aristotle First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.
    ― Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Lao-Tzu Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.
    ― Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • Reinhold Niebuhr God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
    ― Reinhold Niebuhr
    American theologist, historian (1892 - 1971)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.
    ― G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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