Quotes About Wisdom

...he'll never lie - the man is far too wise.

A knowledge of mankind and of things that surround us gives us that second education which proves far move valuable than our first because it alone turns out a truly accomplished man.

Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.

The man who thinks with Horace thinks divine.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool.

To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.

That man lives happy and in command of himself, who from day to day can say I have lived. Whether clouds obscure, or the sun illumines the following day, that which is past is beyond recall.

But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he is ignorant, and it is so much carved out of his domain of universal knowledge.

Anything is possible in the life of a man if he lives long enough. Even maturity.

In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.

Now, the old man happened to be the Lord.

It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.

The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is. Does that help?

Indeed you did your best...I hope that it may be long before you find yourself in such a tight corner again between two such terrible old men. ~ Gandalf to Pippin

If we must live with a perpetual sense that the world and the men in it are greater than we and too much for us, let it be the measure of our virtue that we know this and seek no comfort.

The paradox of knowledge is not confined to the small, atomic scale; on the contrary, it is as cogent on the scale of man, and even of the stars.

Youre a rich man, why arent you smart?

The learned man aims for more. But the wise man decreases. And then decreases again.

Woe to the unlucky man who as a child is taught, even as a portion of his creed, what his grown reason must forswear.

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

Man's best candle is his understanding.

A man is old when he can pass an apple orchard and not remember the stomachache.

Great truths are portions of the soul of man; Great souls are portions of eternity.