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Quotes about Wisdom


The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
~ Benjamin Disraeli.

How truly and aptly did Disraeli voice the opinion of millions when he said this. Many famous people in history have left their valuable advice for us in the form of pithy utterances. When life makes you perplexed and you look for guidance, such famous words can do you a great deal of good. Go over some timeless quotes about wisdom from some eminent historical personalities that you would love to read and share. 

Short Quotes about Wisdom

Wisdom begins in wonder.
~ Socrates.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.
~ Oprah Winfrey.

Cleverness is not wisdom.
~ Euripides.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
~ Saint Augustine.

Wisdom is found only in truth.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.


Famous Quotes about Wisdom

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
~ William Blake.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
~ Bertrand Russell.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
~ Confucius.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
~ Lao Tzu.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
~ Confucius.

Positive Quotes about Wisdom

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
~ Henry David Thoreau.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
~ Socrates.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte.

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
~ James Huneker.

Good Quotes about Wisdom

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
~ Leo Buscaglia.

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
~ Khalil Gibran.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
~ Sophocles.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
~ Juvenal.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
~ William Ralph Inge.


Best Quotes about Wisdom

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.
~ Walter Benjamin.

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
~ John Cheever.

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

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.
~ Clifford Stoll.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
~ Albert Einstein.


Quotes in this section:   Wisdom Quotes about Life     Wise Man Quotes

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