Famous Quotes About wisdom

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent if you believe the military, nothing is safe.

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.