Quotes About Wisdom

those as knows the least have a habit of thinkin' they know all there is to know, while them as knows the most admits what a turr'ble big world this is. It's the knowing ones that realize one lifetime ain't long enough to git more'n a few dips o' the oars of knowledge

Education is a thing to be proud of.

La experiencia es lo único que nos procura conocimiento, y en cuanto mas tiempo sobre la tierra más experiencia tendrás

In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows, observed the shaggy man.

Thoughts should be restrained in the same way as your oil, and only applied when necessary, and for a good purpose. If used carefully, thoughts are good things to have.

But anyway his heart is kind and gentle and that is better than being wise.

La experiencia es la única fuente de conocimientos y cuanto más permanezcas sobre la tierra, más experiencia tendrás

But I do not want people to call me a fool, and if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of with brains, as yours is, how am I ever to know anything? I

He laughs best who laughs last,' and the only way to laugh last is to give the other fellow a chance. Where did that knife come from, I wonder.

This was a wise resolution, and the witch-queen abided by it for many years. She was not very bad, this Zixi, for it must be admitted that few have the courage to acknowledge their faults and strive to correct them as she did.

Can't you give me brains?" asked the Scarecrow. "You don't need them. You are learning something every day. A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.

And I am resolved never to speak again without taking time to think carefully on what I am going to say, for I realize that speech without thought is dangerous

Sin embargo —dijo el Espantapájaros—, yo pediré un cerebro en vez de un corazón, pues un tonto sin sesos no sabría qué hacer con su corazón si lo tuviera. —Yo prefiero el corazón —replicó el Leñador—, porque el cerebro no lo hace a uno feliz, y la felicidad es lo mejor que hay en el mundo. Dorothy guardó silencio; ignoraba cuál de sus dos amigos tenía la razón

Quick!" cried the Scarecrow, "let us

Advice doesn't cost anything - unless you follow it.

Seems to me, said Cap'n Bill, as he sat beside Trot under the big acacia tree, looking out over the blue ocean, seems to me, Trot, as how the more we know, the more we find we don't know.

For two years she had worked earnestly and faithfully, making many mistakes and learning from them. She had had her reward. She had taught her scholars something, but she felt that they had taught her much more-lessons of tenderness, self-control, innocent wisdom, lore of childish hearts.

Çok hata yap?yorum. Ama yapabileceÄŸim halde yapmad???m bütün o hatalar? bir düÅŸünsene.

Blessings be the inventor of the alphabet, pen and printing press! Life would be--to me in all events--a terrible thing without books.

Tutto ciò che si può dire lo si può dire chiaramente. Su ciò di cui non si può parlare si deve tacere.

as one grows older, one realizes how little one knows about any relationship, or even about oneself.

The walls have ears, better think before you throw that shoe.

It's hard for young people to understand when you tell them how great relationships are.

Until one has some kind of professional relationship with books, one does not discover how bad the majority of them are.