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Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fearShowing Quotes on wisdom
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The less men think, the more they talk.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy, a wise man because he thinks what is easy is difficultShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Time is the wisest counselor of allby: PeriklesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.by: Gustave FlaubertShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown awayby: Arthur HelpsShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of menby: ConfuciusShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Wisdom is the supreme part of happinessby: SophoclesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Wisdom is found only in truthShowing Quotes on wisdom
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To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdomShowing Quotes on wisdom
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The truest wisdom is a resolute determinationby: NapoleonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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The doors of wisdom are never shutShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingersby: Alfred TennysonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great headShowing Quotes on wisdom
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From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his ownby: Publilius SyrusShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Wisdom is a sacred communion.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdomShowing Quotes on wisdom
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdomby: Francis BaconShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Godsby: PlatonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worseby: William HazlittShowing Quotes on wisdom
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A wise traveler never despises his own countryby: William HazlittShowing Quotes on wisdom
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If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfullyby: Thomas FullerShowing Quotes on wisdom
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heartby: Jonathan SwiftShowing Quotes on wisdom
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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdomby: ConfuciusShowing Quotes on wisdom
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The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.by: Ernest RenanShowing Quotes on wisdom
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An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don'tby: Anatole FranceShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligenceShowing Quotes on wisdom
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experience is the only prophecy of wise menShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaustby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on wisdom
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The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wiselyShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wiselyby: Auguste RodinShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind youngby: Henry FordShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Wisdom begins in wonderby: SocratesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotationsShowing Quotes on wisdom
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothingby: SocratesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlookby: William JamesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in timeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to themby: EpiktetShowing Quotes on wisdom
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It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate thingsShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years agoShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdomby: Thomas JeffersonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limitby: Elbert HubbardShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Cleverness is not wisdomby: EuripidesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderationby: MoliereShowing Quotes on wisdom
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To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in lifeShowing Quotes on wisdom
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The wise does at once what the fool does at lastShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Know or listen to those who knowShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proofby: Khalil GibranShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the wayby: SophoclesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishlyShowing Quotes on wisdom
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one womanby: Honore de BalzacShowing Quotes on wisdom
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A loving heart is the truest wisdomShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Use your head to save your feetfrom EnglandShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wisefrom EnglandShowing Quotes on wisdom
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If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakesby: EuripidesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answersby: VoltaireShowing Quotes on wisdom
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An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind. An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don'tShowing Quotes on wisdom
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To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at allShowing Quotes on wisdom
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We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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No wise man ever wished to be youngerby: Jonathan SwiftShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Knowledge is like a baobab tree - one person's arms are not enough to encompass itShowing Quotes on wisdom
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When a wise man points to the moon, the fool looks at the fingerfrom ChinaShowing Quotes on wisdom
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A wise man seeks Wisdom; a madman thinks that he has found itfrom PersiaShowing Quotes on wisdom
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It is impossible to open a book without learning somethingfrom ChinaShowing Quotes on wisdom
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I am not young enough to know everything.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it form himShowing Quotes on wisdom
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If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourselfby: Albert EinsteinShowing Quotes on wisdom
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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political careerby: Mark TwainShowing Quotes on wisdom
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You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to knowShowing Quotes on wisdom
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say littleShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Knowledge itself is powerby: Francis BaconShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you pleaseby: Mark TwainShowing Quotes on wisdom
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It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.by: Mark TwainShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell itby: Samuel ButlerShowing Quotes on wisdom
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from himby: Galileo GalileiShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teachby: AristotleShowing Quotes on wisdom
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he canShowing Quotes on wisdom
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An investment in knowledge pays the best interestShowing Quotes on wisdom
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It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longerby: Albert EinsteinShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the formerby: Albert EinsteinShowing Quotes on wisdom
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It is impossible to love and to be wiseby: Francis BaconShowing Quotes on wisdom
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All men by nature desire knowledgeby: AristotleShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with witShowing Quotes on wisdom
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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18by: Albert EinsteinShowing Quotes on wisdom
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The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religiousby: Sigmund FreudShowing Quotes on wisdom
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmotherby: Albert EinsteinShowing Quotes on wisdom
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The true wisdom of life consists in seeing the extraordinary in the commonShowing Quotes on wisdom
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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friendsShowing Quotes on wisdom
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he findsby: Francis BaconShowing Quotes on wisdom
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If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.Showing Quotes on wisdom
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Wisdom outweighs any wealthby: SophoclesShowing Quotes on wisdom
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