"Force without wisdom falls of its own weight." ~ Horace
Learning without wisdom is a load of books on a donkey's back. ~ Zora Neale Hurston
He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~ English Proverb
Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning. ~ Bergen Evans
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. ~ William Shakespeare, As You Like It
The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. ~ Dean W. Inge
Things have their seasons, and even certain kinds of eminence go in and out of style. But wisdom has an advantage: she is eternal. ~ Baltasar Gracián
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ~ Anne Bradstreet, Meditations Divine and Moral
Wisdom is the daughter of experience. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci