Cat Quote by William Cowper

... no wisdom that [my kitten] may gain by experience and reflection hereafter will compensate for the loss of her present hilarity.

— William Cowper

Wisdom is not found with those who dwell at their ease; rather nature, when she adds brain, adds difficulty.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Human wisdom makes as ill use of her talent when she exercises it in rescinding from the number and sweetness of those pleasures that…

— Michel de Montaigne

“Those who do not seek Wisdom do not see Wisdom, even when she passes them by; they see only that which appeals to their…

— Criss Jami

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

— Horace Mann

No person's gain in wisdom is diminished by anyone else's gain.

— Charles A. Reich

Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot.

— Baltasar Gracian

Wisdom is a dreadful thing when it brings no knowledge to its possessor.

— Sophocles

A lady, that is an enlightened, cultivated, liberal lady - the only kind to be in a time of increasing classlessness - could espouse…

— Virgilia Peterson

True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily; False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

Words can be worrisome, poeple complex, motives and manners unclear, grant her the wisdom to choose her path right, free from unkindness and fear.

— Neil Gaiman