Aphorism Quote by Mason Cooley

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

— Ambrose Bierce

Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.

— Mason Cooley

Wisdom lies not in possessing knowledge - which quickly becomes outdated - but in perpetually seeking it.

— Paul Johnson

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

— Gerald Brenan

Wisdom doesn't go out of style, even if it's in increasingly short supply.

— Michael Savage

The aphorism offers a momentary sense of mastery over some confusion or unhappiness.

— Mason Cooley

Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.

— Anonymous

The aphorism is a slippery plaything.

— Mason Cooley

It seems to take a lifetime for us to learn that wisdom consists largely in a graceful acceptance of things that do not immediately…

— Myrtle Reed

Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.

— Eknath Easwaran

Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling.

— William Rounseville Alger

Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

— Charles Simmons