quotations about wisdom
The wise may find in trifles light as atoms in the air, some useful lesson to enrich the mind.
JOHN GODFREY SAXE
"King Solomon and the Bees"
The clouds may drop down titles and estates, wealth may seek us; but wisdom must be sought.
EDWARD YOUNG
The Complaint; Or Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality
Full oft we see
Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
All's Well That Ends Well
A wise man who cultivates wisdom may sometimes drown in it.
EIJI YOSHIKAWA
Taiko
Second thoughts are ever wiser.
EURIPIDES
Hippolytus
True wisdom is not found in yes-or-no answers, but in the open mind of not-knowing.
MELVIN MCLEOD
"Benefit, Not Benefits", Lion's Roar, April 3, 2017
Gaining wisdom is a wonderful thing. Giving it back is better.
MIKE BELL
"Canadian jazz great Bob Erlendson set to celebrate his 85th in style with Ironwood show", Calgary Herald, January 16, 2016
Wisdom is the first and mother of all stocks for the market maker.
JIMANZE EGO-ALOWES
"Is the leadership question Nigeria's gold card?", The Sun, February 4, 2016
Unless, we value wisdom, we are bound to suffer many things that we were never meant to suffer.
KILTON MOYO
"Teaching our children wisdom", NewsDay, March 30, 2017
Learning discernment is a lifelong project, and wisdom is hard-won.
JEANIE MILEY
"Learning discernment is a lifelong project", San Angelo Standard-Times, January 29, 2016
Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
FRANCIS QUARLES
Emblems: Divine and Moral
Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty.
SOCRATES
attributed, Day's Collacon
There is no folly like the folly of the wise.
JACQUELINE CAREY
Kushiel's Dart
In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
preface, The Snow-Image
Now, if wisdom is God, who made all things, as is attested by the divine authority and truth, then the philosopher is a lover of God.
ST. AUGUSTINE
The City of God
Wisdom consists, not in seeing what is directly before us, but in discerning those things which may come to pass.
TERENCE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Wisdom is the olive that springeth from a heart, bloometh on the tongue, and beareth fruit in the actions.
GRYMESTONE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Wisdom is a palace, of which only the vestibule has yet been entered.
ELIZA COOK
Diamond Dust
The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
Crime is the entertainment of the fool; so is wisdom for the man of sense.
BIBLE
Proverbs 10:23