- “Nature and wisdom never are at strife.” – Plutarch
- “It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.” – Francois De La Rochefoucauld
- “The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” – William James
- “The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.” – Solomon Ibn Gabriol
- “Years teach us more than books.” – Berthold Auerbach
- “The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.” – William Penn
- “The middle course is the best.” – Cleobulus
- “The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.” – Thomas Huxley
- “A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.” – Latin Proverb
- “Silence does not always mark wisdom.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- “No man was ever wise by chance.” – Seneca
- “Not to know at large of things remote
From use, obscure and subtle, but to know
That which before us lies in daily life,
Is the prime wisdom.” – John Milton
- “By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.” – Menander
- “The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart.” – William Hazlitt
- “Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.” – John Tillotson
- “The more a man knows, the more he forgives.” – Catherine the Great
- “A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens
- “One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little.” – Alexander Chase
- “How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!” – Homer
- “On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows,
In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
Edward Young
- “The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid.” – Confucius
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