Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.

Socrates

18.

Who is wise? One who learns from all.

Talmud, The

19.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

James, William

20.

Wise men still seek Him today.

Bell, Dan

21.

Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.

22.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool.

Azai, Rabbi Ben

23.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

Gabirol, Ibn

24.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

25.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

Saroyan, William

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A nation's treasure is its scholars.

Proverb, Yiddish

27.

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil -- not the strength to choose between the two.

Cheever, John

28.

He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.

Epictetus

29.

The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple. [Psalms 19:7]

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30.

Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

31.

Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.

Evangel

32.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.

Smiles, Samuel

33.

The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.

Shaw, George Bernard

34.

By others faults the wise correct their own.

Proverb

35.

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Kraus, Karl

36.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

Thurber, James

37.

What a wonderful world this would be if there were as many wise people as there are clever people.

38.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Bacon, Francis

39.

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the ocean immensity and change. Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes, -- every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. Even the bee and ant have brought their little lessons of industry and economy.

Marden, Orison Swett

40.

The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.

Bhagavad Gita

41.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Russell, Bertrand

42.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Franklin, Benjamin

43.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

Proverb, Chinese

44.

The man who questions opinions is wise. The man who quarrels with facts is a fool.

Garbutt, Frank

45.

The wisdom of a learned man comet by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. [Ecclesiasticus 38:25]

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46.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Gibran, Kahlil

47.

What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.

Blake, William

48.

Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.

Quarles, Francis

49.

Without wisdom, knowledge is more stupid than ignorance.

50.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. [Proverbs 3:13-15]

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