Quotes Wisdom

wis·dom n.
1 a : accumulated philosophic or scientific learning : KNOWLEDGE
b : ability to discern inner qualities and relationships : INSIGHT
c : good sense : JUDGMENT
d : generally accepted belief (challenges what has become accepted wisdom among many historians -- Robert Darnton)
2 : a wise attitude or course of action
3 : the teachings of the ancient wise men
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"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsiblity for our future." -George Bernard Shaw

"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us." -Marcel Proust

"If one is too lazy to think, too vain to do a thing badly, too cowardly to admit it, one will never attain wisdom." -Cyril Connolly

"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."- Bertrand Russell

"Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich." -Samuel Johnson

"Wise men say nothing in dangerous times." -John Selden

"The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom." -Thomas Henry Huxley

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." -Francis Bacon

"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us." -Marcel Proust

"He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!" -Horace 65-8 B.C.

"A prudent question is one half of wisdom." –Francis Bacon

"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it." -Mark Twain

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