Quotes About Wisdom

Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch;Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth;Between two blades, which bears the better temper;Between two horses, which doth bear him best;Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye;I have perhaps, some shallow spirit of judgment;But in these nice sharp quillets of the law,Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw.

Beware Of entrance to a quarrel but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy rich, not gaudy For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice take each man's censure but reserve thy judgement.

Jesters do often prove prophets.

Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!

Our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.

Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.

This fellow's wise enough to play the fool, And to do that well craves a kind of wit.

Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.

Weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Lord, what fools these mortals be!

Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing... but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything.

Take it easy, nothing matters in the end, what goes up must come down. If I'd known that at 20, I wouldn't have done anything!

There are many lives in a lifetime.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.

I learn more from books than from people

can seem very attractive to someone who has no idea at all what it really means; and

Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.

it's always a good time to change your mind when to do so will widen your heart.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

Things you know before you hear them -- Those are you, Those are why You are in the world.