Wisdom Quotes

140 quotations about Wisdom
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise.
Bible · Wisdom
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. [Proverbs 15: 31]
Bible · Wisdom
In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Bible · Wisdom
Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times.
Bible · Wisdom
Wisdom is better than weapons of war. [9:18b, Ecclesiastes]
Bible · Wisdom
So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
Bible · Wisdom
The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple. [Psalms 19:7]
Bible · Wisdom
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.
Bible · Wisdom
Better to get wisdom than gold.
Bible · Wisdom
Some folks are wise and some otherwise.
Josh Billings · Wisdom
The price of wisdom is eternal thought.
Frank Birch · Wisdom
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
William Blake · Wisdom
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
William Blake · Wisdom
The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.
Nicholas Boileau · Wisdom
The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
Napoleon Bonaparte · Wisdom
True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.
E. S. Bouton · Wisdom
Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
Bertolt Brecht · Wisdom
If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
Leo Buscaglia · Wisdom
Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it.
Wisdom
Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser.
Thomas Carlyle · Wisdom
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.
Thomas Carlyle · Wisdom
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
Cato The Elder · Wisdom
Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
Miguel De Cervantes · Wisdom
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
Geoffrey Chaucer · Wisdom
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil -- not the strength to choose between the two.
John Cheever · 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