Wisdom Quotes

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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in… — Eric Clapton
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. — Woody Allen
I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big… — Hillary Clinton
Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening. — William J. Clinton
Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. — William J. Clinton
Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act. — Leonard Cohen
The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness. — Jean Cocteau
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. — Paulo Coelho
There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. — Leonard Cohen
The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at… — Peter Abelard
As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better… — Eric Alterman
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. — Henri Frederic Amiel
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. — Maya Angelou

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