Wisdom Quotes

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The value of hatred and ignorance is found in the fact that without them we could never truly appreciate wisdom and love. — Wes Fesler
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning. — Seneca the Younger
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. — Bertolt Brecht
You think that your silence on certain topics, perhaps in the face of injustice, or unkindness, or mean-spiritedness, causes others to reserve judgement of you.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing up means gaining… — Judith Viorst
Maybe if you're younger you have more energy - but that's a big maybe. Because at this stage of life, I have more patience, understanding,… — Angela Bassett
Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide ocean between information and knowledge.… — Clifford Stoll
A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most… — William Cowper
Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom. — Joseph Joubert
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have. — Emile Chartier
Wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. — James Russell Lowell
Once you have the cap and gown all you need do is open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom and all the rubbish… — Moliere
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it. — William Faulkner
When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others. — Denis Diderot
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired. — Philibert Joseph Roux
The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public. — Samuel Johnson
I have been reading the Old Testament, a most bloodthirsty and perilous book for the young. Jehovah is beyond doubt the worst character in fiction. — Edwin Arlington Robinson
I am not sure how many "sins" I would recognize in the world. Some would surely be defused by changed circumstances. But I can imagine… — Elizabeth Janeway
Family . . . the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children. — August Strindberg
For two thousand years Christianity has been telling us: life is death, death is life; it is high time to consult the dictionary. — Remy de Gourmont

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