Wisdom Quotes - random - 100+ quotes
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
It's amazing how much "mature wisdom" resembles being too tired.
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off.
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn.
Thought the fool is to be pitied, still he is spared watching spurious wisdom turn to ashes in his head.
We don't need sexual performance enhancers at the Palace of Wisdom... but we use them anyway.
He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes a day. Wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.
Cleverness is not wisdom. And not to think mortal thoughts is to see few days.
Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Don't gain the world and lose your soul
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.
We have Divine Wisdom in the mortal body.Whatever does harm to the body, ruins the House of the Eternal.
Epops: A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
(tr. in Goldstein-Jackson 1983, p. 163)
Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
If thou hast sought happiness and missed it, but hast found wisdom instead, thou art fortunate.
Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.