Wisdom Quotes
The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.
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"The mark of wisdom is knowing what not to say as well as what to say."Saramago
"Wisdom is purchased dearly through experience and reflection."Luís de Camões
"The world is a stage for those who know how to perform upon it with grace and intelligence."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Everything is worth nothing to those who understand everything."Fernando Pessoa
"I have the ability to feel everything and do nothing."Fernando Pessoa
"Wisdom is the ability to recognize one's own lack of wisdom."Fernando Pessoa
"The only real alienation is the failure to understand."Fernando Pessoa
"I seek nothing. I find everything."Fernando Pessoa
"To be intelligent is to be lonely."Fernando Pessoa
"The moment I understand something, I no longer need it."Fernando Pessoa
"Aquele que compreende a si mesmo compreende toda a humanidade."Almeida Garrett
"A verdadeira sabedoria sabe o que não sabe."Almeida Garrett
"Wisdom comes from listening more than speaking."Padraig Colum
"Wisdom whispers; foolishness shouts."Padraig Colum
"The world is an interpretation, not a fact."John Banville
"Every gesture conceals a mystery."John Banville
"Silence contains more truth than words."John Banville
"The body remembers what the mind forgets."John Banville
"The heart knows reasons that reason itself cannot comprehend."Luís de Camões
"Wisdom comes not from avoiding mistakes, but from surviving them."Eça de Queirós
"The pursuit of happiness often masks the avoidance of meaning."Eça de Queirós
"Wisdom knows what not to do, not just what to do."Eça de Queirós
"Blindness is not just the absence of sight, but the absence of vision."Saramago
"We are all blind until we see with our hearts."Saramago
"We are all capable of cruelty, and that knowledge should humble us."Saramago
"Knowledge accumulates, but wisdom must be earned."Saramago
"Silence is sometimes the most powerful form of speech."Saramago
"Silence often speaks louder than a thousand eloquent words."Luís de Camões
"The scholar who ceases to learn becomes the servant of yesterday's knowledge."Luís de Camões
"Memory is the beginning of wisdom."Austin Clarke