Adage Quote by José Saramago

“The hidden and awful Wisdom which apportions the destinies of mankind is pleased so to humiliate and cast down the tender, good, and wise;…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“The little wisdom that the world possesses, was introduced by lunatics.”

— Anonymous

“people cling to folly as if it were their most prized possession, defending it, sometimes with violence, against the possibility of wisdom. It”

— Richard Russo

“Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity . . . and the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.”

— Anton Scalia

“an “ominous” figure suggestive of “pestilence and war.”

— Michael B. Oren

“Wisdom is a weapon to ward off destruction; It is an inner fortress which enemies cannot destroy. —”

— A P J Abdul Kalam

“Words that promote hate, destruction and chaos are tilted toward the dark core of existence.”

— Lee Vickers

“How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“We know way too many words of wisdom, but perform all too few actions of wisdom.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.”

— Thomas Huxley

“wisdom is the perfect weapon for fighting off perpetual adversities in life.”

— James Ngumayo

“Let thy chief terror be of thine own soul: There, 'mid the throng of hurrying desires That trample on the dead to seize their…

— George Eliot