Quotes About Wisdom

There is in man a higher than love of happiness; he can do without happiness, and instead thereof find blessedness.

... there's also nothing noble about being fearless. How much do you wanna bet the last man standing in a battle is usually the biggest fool of all?" - Paul Hudson

Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man.

Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.

Never spend anything before thou have it; for borrowing is the canker and death of every man's estate.

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

What can a man do to move along in some kind of grace through his days and years?

What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit!

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!

Rules were made for fools to follow and wise men to be guided by.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.

If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

No matter what his rank or position may be, the lover of books is the richest and the happiest of the children of men.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

All men are ignorant, just in different fields.

One must open men's eyes, not tear them out.

Every man has just as much vanity as he wants understanding.

The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.

Man has, since the Enlightenment, dealt with things he should have ignored.