| Author |
Quotes |
| Benjamin Franklin | A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. |
| Bible | For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. |
| Bible | The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. |
| Bible | It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. |
| Bible | The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. |
| Bible | He taketh wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. |
| Bible | And Job answered and said, No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. |
| Bible | No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. |
| Bible | I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. |
| Bible | Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. |
| Bible | And the load commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. |
| Bible | Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. |
| Bible | The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. |
| Bible | Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. |
| Bible | For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared with it. |
| Bible | Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. |
| Bible | For old age is not honored for length of time, or measured by number of years; but understanding is gray hair for anyone, and a blameless life is ripe old age. |
| Joseph Roux | Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired. |
| Karl Kraus | Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust |
| Michael Caine | For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'… I can't fathom my own heart. |
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