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A man's wisdom is measured by his hope.
Solomon
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
John Cheever
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil not the strength to choose between the two.




Henry S. Haskins
Thought the fool is to be pitied, still he is spared watching spurious wisdom turn to ashes in his head.
Edmund Burke
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Albert Einstein | Wisdom Quotes
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Larry Niven
Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.
Alain de Botton
A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough.
Thomas Fuller (writer)
It is Wit to pick a Lock, and steal a Horse ; but it is Wisdom to let it alone.
John Hennigan
I don't take calls from Joey Styles at the Palace of Wisdom.
Otto Weininger | Wisdom Quotes
Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind.




Augustine of Hippo
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Understanding the knowledge and wisdom of the Qur'an is by far, higher than memorizing.
John Tenniel
The nine Wise Words are full of wisdom, besides being decidedly funny.
H. L. Mencken
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
Augustine of Hippo | Wisdom Quotes
We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God.
Mason Cooley
Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.
Richard Henry Horne
A sweet content
Passing all wisdom or its fairest flower.
Ali al-Hadi
Wisdom doesn't affect corrupt hearts.
John Denham
Books should to one of these four ends conduce,
For wisdom, piety, delight, or use.


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