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"The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point." Ralph Waldo Emerson 4.333333333333333 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Life is a festival only to the wise." Ralph Waldo Emerson 3.8 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work." Elbert Hubbard 1 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause." T.S. Eliot 4.8 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." Francis Bacon 4.571428571428571 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Wise men are instructed by reason; men of less understanding, by experience; the most ignorant, by necessity; the beasts, by nature." Marcus Tullius Cicero 4.5 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"A loving heart is the truest wisdom." Charles Dickens 4.375 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom." Ralph Waldo Emerson 4.5 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts; but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates." Henry Thoreau 2.6666666666666665 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us." Socrates 4.818181818181818 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Wisdom begins in wonder." Socrates 4.6 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future." George Bernard Shaw 4.857142857142857 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." Socrates 4.868852459016393 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom." Bertrand Russell 4.571428571428571 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Wisdom is a sacred communion." Victor Hugo 4 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit." Elbert Hubbard 4.4 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom." Samuel Taylor Coleridge 4.888888888888889 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." Confucius 4.75 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents." Kahlil Gibran 3.5 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom." Francis Bacon 4 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote


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