Sayings about Wisdom
Wisdom and virtue are like the two wheels of a cart. ~ Japanese Proverb
A drop of wisdom is better than a sea of gold. ~ Greek Proverb
Wisdom is in the head, not in the beard. ~ Ukrainian Proverb
Wisdom is lost in a fat man’s body. ~ Japanese Proverb
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men. ~ Chinese Proverb
Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather. ~ Czech Proverb
Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom. ~ Greek Proverb
Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom. ~ German Proverb
Better a drop of wisdom than an ocean of gold. ~ Greek Proverbs
That is good wisdom which is wisdom in the end. ~ Dutch Proverb
Better a good conscience without wisdom than wisdom without a good conscience. ~ German Proverbs
Gold without wisdom is but clay. ~ Slovak Proverb
Beauty without wisdom is like a flower in the mud. ~ Romanian Proverbs
Wisdom is wealth. ~ Swahili Proverb
Do more things by wisdom than by force. ~ Hungarian Proverb
When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom. ~ Italian Proverb
The dying cannot leave their wisdom or experience to their heirs. ~ Italian Proverb
The palace leads to fame, the market to fortune, and loneliness to wisdom. ~ Chinese Proverb
Maturity comes from wisdom not in the passing of years. ~ Iranian Proverbs
Hunt in every jungle, for there is wisdom and good hunting in all of them. ~ African Proverb
Rivalry of scholars advances wisdom. ~ Hebrew Proverb
To the world wisdom is folly; to the wise the world is foolish. ~ Indian Proverb
If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom. ~ African proverb
Great doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts little wisdom. ~ Chinese Proverb
Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. ~ Zen Proverb
The hot sun melts away the snow; when anger comes, does wisdom go. ~ Indian Proverbs
Knowing just one word of wisdom is like knowing a hundred ordinary words. ~ Tibetan Proverb
Wisdom consists of ten parts: nine parts silence, and one part a few words. ~ Arabian Proverb
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance. ~ Italian Proverbs
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden. ~ Ghanaian Proverb
You cannot buy wisdom abroad if there is none at home. ~ Russian Proverbs
Poor folk’s wisdom counts very little. ~ Dutch Proverb
Experience is the mother of wisdom. ~ Traditional Proverb
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~ Chinese Proverb
Wealth gets in the way of wisdom. ~ Japanese Proverb
Wisdom does not come overnight. ~ Somali Proverb
The greatest wisdom of all is kindness. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass. ~ Japanese Proverb
What use is wisdom when folly reigns? ~ Yiddish Proverb
The pine stays green in winter, wisdom in hardship. ~ Chinese Proverb
Silence is the fence around wisdom. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Boasting begins where wisdom stops. ~ Japanese Proverb
Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men. ~ Spanish Proverbs
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. ~ Chinese Proverb
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~ East African Proverb
Only through suffering and sorrow do we acquire the wisdom not found in books. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Useless wisdom is double foolishness. ~ Icelandic Proverb
Under a ragged coat lies wisdom. ~ Romanian Proverb
Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand. ~ Guinean proverb
If a rich man eats a snake people say, “This is wisdom!” If a poor man eats a snake people say, “This is folly!” ~ Lebanese Proverbs
Economy is the wealth of the poor and the wisdom of the rich. ~ French Proverb
A miser’s money takes the place of wisdom. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Quotations about Wisdom
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. ~ John Patrick
Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or his wisdom would be wisdom no longer. ~ Plato
Wisdom no more consists in science than happiness in wealth. ~ Marquis Stanislas Jean de Boufflers
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. ~ Jimi Hendrix
Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. ~ Martin H. Fischer
A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts. ~ James Allen
Wisdom is often counted folly by the unwise. ~ Edward Counsel
Wisdom begins at the end. ~ Daniel Webster
Never, no, never did Nature say one thing and Wisdom say another. ~ Edmund Burke
Wisdom is understanding when to ask questions. ~ Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Memory is the mother of all wisdom. ~ Aeschylus
There is a wisdom of the head, and … there is a wisdom of the heart.~ Charles Dickens
Learned men fall into error oftenest by mistaking knowledge for wisdom. ~ Austin O’Malley
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. ~ Elbert Hubbard
There is no wisdom, save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather. ~ Martin Luther Quotes
Wisdom is a safe ship; and we may trust ourselves to it in all weathers. ~ Edward Counsel
Wisdom is wisdom, wherever found. ~ G. David Nordley
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. ~ James Gibbons Huneker
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages may be preserved by quotation. ~ Isaac D’Israeli,
Half a man’s wisdom goes with his courage. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Knowledge is flour, but wisdom is bread. ~ Austin O’Malley
Wisdom’s door is ever open. ~ Edward Counsel
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. ~ Thomas Fuller
Wisdom grows in quiet places. ~ Austin O’Malley
Wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good. ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Like water in the desert is wisdom to the soul. ~ Edward Counsel
All wisdom ends in paradox. ~ Jeffrey Eugenides
Wisdom is mostly the fruit of experience. ~ Edward Counsel
When wisdom leaves the house folly enters it. ~ Edward Counsel
This type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it comes to procreating children; I imagine this is because Nature wants to ensure that the evils of wisdom shall not spread further throughout mankind. ~ Desiderius Erasmus
Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. ~ Bertolt Brecht
Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant. ~ Carrie Latet
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. ~ Josh Billings
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. ~ Felix Frankfurter
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. ~ Juvenal, Satires
Wisdom sails with wind and time. ~ John Florio
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 T. Cicero
Wisdom hath her excesses, and no less need of moderation than folly. ~ Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some. ~ Edgar Watson Howe
Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Cunning is seeing a hundred yards ahead–wisdom, fifty miles in advance. ~ Charles William Day
Justice without wisdom is impossible. ~ James Anthony Froude
It’s a beautiful thing, the blossoming of Wisdom. Like a flower in spring. ~ Michael Rudd
The doors of wisdom are never shut. ~ Benjamin Franklin Quotes
We judge of man’s wisdom by his hope. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wisdom comes only through suffering. ~ Aeschylus
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Patience is the companion of wisdom. ~ St. Augustine
Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds, his wisdom does not endure. ~ The Talmud
To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. ~ Norman Cousins
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. ~ Octavio Paz
The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave. ~ John Boyle O’Reilly
Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquillity and peace. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. ~ Francis Bacon
A simple realization that there are other points of view is the beginning of wisdom. ~ Grenville Kleiser
There are many gates to the house of wisdom. ~ Edward Counsel
Wisdom is the daughter of experience. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci Quotes
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: The music is nothing if the audience is deaf. ~ Walter Lippmann
Wisdom is only found in truth. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. ~ Herb Caen
Wisdom consists not no much in seeing as in foreseeing. ~ Hosea Ballou
Was not this … what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom — to know what is known and what is unknown to us? ~ Plato
The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk. ~ Doug Larson
Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom. ~ Dan Brown
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
Wisdom is a treasure, the key whereof is never lost. ~ Edward Counsel
The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly. ~ Norman Macdonald
Wisdom outweighs any wealth. ~ Sophocles
The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own. ~ Leo Stein
Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~ Tom Wilson
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. ~ David Star Jordan
Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions, become wise for a short time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche