Ancient greece Quote by Sophocles

“Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that's wise! This I knew well, but had forgotten it, else…

— Sophocles

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

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not.”

— Sophocles

“You can buy wisdom from nowhere; but for the foolishness, you don’t have to buy it; it is free and it is everywhere.”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. No doubt there was much more wisdom that I…

— Philip Pullman

How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise

— Sophocles

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

— James Ngumayo

“Those who are starved of wisdom do not know that they are hungry.”

— Jason Link

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

— Thomas Huxley

“We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take…

— Marcel Proust

“Apart from Love, Wisdom ceases to be Wisdom.”

— Michael Lee

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana