Admire Quote by Francis Bacon

“Sages thought and taught, But men do what they want; Love, wisdom and tolerance won’t work at them, For they are great beasts of…

— Vinod Varghese Antony

“Wise men speak only of what they know”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Wisdom should be freely available to all men without smart-alecky impediments”

— Oscar Zeta Acosta

Let us, my dear contemporaries, arise above such narrow prejudices. If wisdom be desirable on its own account, if virtue, to deserve the name,…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.”

— Robin S. Sharma

“There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or even lived in a way which…

— Alain de Botton

“A man can learn wisdom even from a foe”

— Aristophanes

“We have all met a class of men, very remarkable for their activity, and who yet make but little headway in life; men who,…

— Frederick Douglass

“That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men. Consequently whereunto, those persons, that for the most part can give no…

— Thomas Hobbes

Man is a willful and covetous animal, who makes use of his intellect to satisfy his inclinations, but who cares nothing for truth, who…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

“There is no man,’ he began, ‘however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way…

— Marcel Proust

“The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly.…

— ralph waldo emerson