Dull Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.

— Anonymous

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

— Joseph Joubert

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

— Socrates

Proverbs are potted wisdom.

— Charles Buxton

“Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

— Bertrand Russell

Proverbs save us the trouble of thinking. What we call folk wisdom is often no more than a kind of expedient stupidity.

— Edward Abbey

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom To believe in the good in man.

— Jon Anderson

“Money Chiefs, loud and long notes are not songs. Silent snow wets Earth, seeds grow, flowers' honey purses seek neither wealth nor power, and…

— Frederic M. Perrin

“What is wise in this world exists equally inside of us and outside of us, and it is through collaboration that wisdom, stories, songs…

— Joanne Arnott

Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull?

— George Eliot