Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. – Zhuangzi
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. – Cyril Connolly
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. – John Patrick
It is good even for old men to learn wisdom. – Aeschylus
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom. – Friedrich Schiller
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate. – Friedrich Schiller
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. – George Byron
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. – Alan Paton
The pine stays green in winter… wisdom in hardship. – Norman Douglas
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. – Aristophanes
Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom. – Havelock Ellis
Kindness is wisdom. – Philip James Bailey
In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action. – Louis D. Brandeis
Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous. – Zhuang Zi
Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. – Leonard Nimoy
Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance. – Saadi
The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom. – George MacDonald
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability. – Plautus
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. – Laurence Sterne
