Being wise Quote by Michel de Montaigne

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

— Michel de Montaigne

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

— Michel de Montaigne

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds…

— William Cowper

Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.

— Michel de Montaigne

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.

— Heraclitus

The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.

— Heraclitus

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the…

— Charles Spurgeon

“Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men: Wisdom, in minds…

— J Oswald Sanders

No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom…

— John Selden

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is…

— Euripides

“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated,…

— Hermann Hesse