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Wisdom Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom…
- The young fancy that their follies are mistaken by the old for happiness. The old fancy that their gravity is mistaken by the young for…
- Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom; therefore, when we are in doubt and puzzle…
- Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error.
- The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others.
- The wise man has his follies, no less than the fool; but it has been said that herein lies the difference--the follies of the fool…
- We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.
- Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
- Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
- Mystery is not profoundness.
- Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have…
- There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest,…
More Wisdom Quotes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold