Quotes About Wisdom

He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.

Tell me, muse, of the man of many resources who wandered far and wide after he sacked the holy citadel of Troy, and he saw the cities and learned the thoughts of many men, and on the sea he suffered in his heart many woes.

Therefore don't you be gentle to your wife either. Don't tell her everything you know, but tell her one thing and keep another thing hidden.

The sun, which sees all things and hears all things.

You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another the lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.

Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time

Even a fool learns something once it hits him.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

I]t is the wine that leads me on, the wild wine that sets the wisest man to sing at the top of his lungs, laugh like a fool – it drives the man to dancing... it even tempts him to blurt out stories better never told.

A humorist is a fellow who realizes, first, that he is no better than anybody else, and, second, that nobody else is either.

Marge, you're as pretty as Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda.

Beer is the cause and solution to all of life's problems.

Too often, we conclude in terms of the known, that which is not yet known.

Wisdom is the understanding of celestial things to which the Spirit is brought by Love.

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.

Aucun homme n'a pu découvrir le moyen de donner un conseil d'ami à aucune femme, pas même à la sienne.

There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances. The superior man espouses events and circumstances in order to guide them. If there were principles and fixed laws, nations would not change them as we change our shirts and a man can not be expected to be wiser than an entire nation.

A man who prides himself on going in a straight line through life is an idiot who believes in infallibility.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Affreuse condition de l'homme ! Il n'y a pas un de ses bonheurs qui ne vienne d'une ignorance quelconque.