Quotes About Wisdom

In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them.

Good sayings are like pearls strung together.

To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one.

A book holds a house of gold.

A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.

A closed mind is like a closed book just a block of wood.

A fool judges people by the presents they give him.

After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.

An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.

Do not employ handsome servants.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.

He who hurries can not walk with dignity.

He who is foolish finds disaster

Judge not the horse by his saddle.

Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.

One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures as in avoiding calamities.

The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right names.

The man who does not learn is dark, like one walking in the night.

There are two perfect men one dead, and the other unborn.

Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot.

Deep doubts… deep wisdom; small doubts… little wisdom."

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald