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Quotes About Wisdom

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
~ Democritus
Thinking is the most overrated human activity.
~ Wendell Berry
Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not.
~ Lawrence Block
It is false to say that humanity is the most excellent being in the universe. The most excellent being in the universe is the universe itself.
~ Thomas Berry
They've got lots of theories, books, sciences - I've read a lot of those books. Most of them are pretty unhappy.
~ Frederick Lenz
The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs.
~ Samuel Johnson
The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.
~ Confucius, The Analects
The Self-confidence of the ignorant is one of the biggest disasters of the humanity!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Humanity need not be taught in schools, it is a gift and skill one should master.
~ Ama H. Vanniarachchy
Delusion is the greatest barrier of humanity..
~ Simran Shah Khan
I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
~ Louis Farrakhan
Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
~ Vernon Howard
Immortality may be impossible, but imagine what humanity could learn if we all lived 700 years. We could travel deep into utopia and beyond.
~ Gray Scott
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
~ Winston S. Churchill
Quotes are for dumb people who can't think of something intelligent to say on their own.
~ Bo Burnham
First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.
~ George Burns
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
~ Scott Adams
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
~ Mark Twain
Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny.
~ Bruce Springsteen
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
~ Voltaire
If we don't have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective
~ Wayne Thiebaud
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
~ Miguel de Unamuno
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
~ William James
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
~ W.C. Fields