Favorite Quotations
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Wisdom
Words for Friends to Live by
After wisdom comes wit. ~ Evan Esar To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom. ~ Elbert Hubbard Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.~ William Temple It's amazing how much mature wisdom resembles being too tired. ~ Robert Heinlein It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. ~ Mahatma Gandhi Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. ~ Martin Fischer What is wise? He that learn from everyone. ~ Benjamin Franklin Wisdom is only found in truth. ~ Johann von Goethe Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge. ~ Friedrich W. Nietzsche Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. ~ Hermann Hesse Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ~ Immanuel Kant Some people are like owls. They get the reputation for being wise by hooting at everything. ~ Guy Wagner
"All human wisdom is summed up in two words--wait and hope." ~Alexandre Dumas