Quotes about wisdom
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
Abigail Van Buren
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
A prudent person profits from personal experience, a wise one from the experience of others.
Joseph Collins
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
Plato
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
Plutarch
True wisdom is to know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing.
Edward Humphrey
Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
Frances Hutcheson
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