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Wisdom Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
- We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
- Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
- The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
- What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots…
- There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
- You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes;…
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