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Quotations by Subject: Wisdom (28 quotes)

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Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.: R. W. Alger
The Scripture vouches Solomon for the wisest of men; and his proverbs prove him so, The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame each of them by a single sentence, consisting of two or three words.: South
Too many of us wait to do the perfect thing, with the result we do nothing. The way to get ahead is to start now. While many of us are waiting until conditions are "just right" before we go ahead, others are stumbling along, fortunately ignorant of the dangers that beset them. By the time we are, in our superior wisdom, decided to make a start, we discover that those who have gone fearlessly on before, have, in their blundering way, traveled a considerable distance. If you start now, you will know a lot next year that you don't know now, and that you will not know next year, if you wait.: The William Feather Magazine
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, not even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
A man is getting along on the road to wisdom when he begins to realize that his opinion is just an opinion.: Author Unknown
Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom.: W. M. L. Jay
Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?: Martin Tupper
Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception.: Madame Necker
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.: Honore De Balzac (1799 - 1850)
It is impossible to make wisdom hereditary.: Author Unknown

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