Quotes About Wisdom

A man should never be ashamed to own that he is wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Men must be taught as if you taught them not the things unknown, but the things forgotten.

Launch not beyond your depth, but be discreet, And mark that point where sense and dulness meet.

Natura È™i legile Naturii z?ceau ascunse în bezn?: Dumnezeu a spus s? fie Newton! È™i s-a f?cut lumin?

Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot.

A prudent chief not always must display His pow'rs in equal ranks, and fair array, But with th' occasion and the place comply, Conceal his force, nay seem sometimes to fly.

Good nature and good sense must ever join; To err is human; to forgive, divine.

By false learning is good sense defaced

Launch not beyond your depth

Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.

Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Tis not enough, your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do;

Your silence there is better than your spite, For who can rail so long as they can write?

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; Our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so.

Een mens moet zich nooit schamen te bekennen dat hij ongelijk had, daarmee zegt hij slechts in andere woorden dat hij vandaag wijzer is dan hij gisteren was.

Algunas personas nunca aprenden nada, porque todo lo comprenden demasiado pronto.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanced, behold, with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise!

Tak ucz ludzi, jak by? nie uczy? ich wcale. Lecz przypomina? rzeczy znane im doskonale.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

A Lumberhouse of books in ev'ry head, For ever reading, never to be read.

Some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools

Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar; Wait the great teacher Death; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now.