Wisdom Quotes

140 quotations about Wisdom
Behold, my son, with what little wisdom the world is ruled.
Count Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna · Wisdom
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.
John Patrick · Wisdom
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
Phaedrus · Wisdom
The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
Pindar · Wisdom
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Plato · Wisdom
The wisest have the most authority.
Plato · Wisdom
Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences.
Plato · Wisdom
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
Titus Maccius Plautus · Wisdom
No man is wise enough by himself.
Titus Maccius Plautus · Wisdom
By others faults the wise correct their own.
Proverb · Wisdom
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
African Proverb · Wisdom
The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.
Camerounian Proverb · Wisdom
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
Chinese Proverb · Wisdom
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
Chinese Proverb · Wisdom
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Chinese Proverb · Wisdom
Wise care keeps what it has gained.
Danish Proverb · Wisdom
The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.
German Proverb · Wisdom
Everyone is wise until he speaks.
Irish Proverb · Wisdom
The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones.
Spanish Proverb · Wisdom
Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.
Turkish Proverb · Wisdom
A nation's treasure is its scholars.
Yiddish Proverb · Wisdom
Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.
Francis Quarles · Wisdom
It is not wise to be wiser than necessary.
Philippe Quinault · Wisdom
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
Theodore Roosevelt · Wisdom
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Wisdom

Authors on Wisdom

African Proverb Aristophanes Marcus Aurelius Rabbi Ben Azai Francis Bacon Matsuo Basho Dan Bell Bhagavad Gita Bible Josh Billings Frank Birch William Blake Nicholas Boileau Napoleon Bonaparte E. S. Bouton Bertolt Brecht Leo Buscaglia Camerounian Proverb Thomas Carlyle Cato The Elder