Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. – Joseph Addison
One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. – John Kenneth Galbraith
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. – John Kenneth Galbraith
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. – William Hazlitt
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. – Sophocles
The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. – George Santayana
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. – Sophocles
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. – Wilson Mizner
In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit. – Deepak Chopra
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. – William Cowper
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. – Thomas Hobbes
We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days. – Robert Hall
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. – Charles Caleb Colton
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Discipline is wisdom and vice versa. – M. Scott Peck
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. – Charles Caleb Colton
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything. – Milan Kundera
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. – Akhenaton
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already. – Georg C. Lichtenberg
