Quotes About Wisdom

The study of proverbs may be more instructive and comprehensive than the most elaborate scheme of philosophy.

As lovely as Aphrodite—as wise as Athena—with the speed of Mercury and the strength of Hercules—she is known only as Wonder Woman, but who she is, or whence she came, nobody knows!

Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast.

Use your power gently.

So, rather than appear foolish afterward, I renounce seeming clever now.

What task could be more agreeable than to tell of the benefits conferred on us by our ancestors, so that you may get to know the achievements of those from whom you have received both the basis of your beliefs, and the inspiration to conduct your life properly?

Common sense often makes good law.

A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

La ciencia declaró ilegítimo e insubsistente todo el saber que la tradición nos había legado sobre nuestro cuerpo, la confinó al territorio de la superstición, y se erigió en la única propietaria de un saber válido sobre la salid y la enfermedad, sobre la vida y la muerte.

Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.

Its whiteness carried with it a certain kind of elegance, the beauty of maturity and experience, symbol of a long life lived wisely and productively.

A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.

Have a care therefore where there is more sail than ballast.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.