“It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.”
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“If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent if you believe the military, nothing is safe.”
“Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.”
“The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.”
“Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.”
“You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.”
“Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.”
“The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.”
“Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.”
“Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.”
“Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.”
“We don't receive wisdom we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
“In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.”
“Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do.”
“I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.”
“We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.”
“Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.”
“I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.”
“Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.”
“Wisdom comes by disillusionment.”
“The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.”
“If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.”
“The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.”
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”