Wisdom Quotes

"The soul thirsts for eternal truths."

"The wise know when to act and when to wait."

"One should eat to live, not live to eat."

"One must take the bad with the good."

"I prefer the mockery of the wise to the applause of the foolish."

"The greatest gift is the gift of understanding."

"One must be a wise man to recognize a wise man."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"A man is known by the company he keeps."

"The great art of life is to moderate our desires."

"The poor have much to teach the rich."

"The perfect is the enemy of the good."

"Common sense is not so common."

"The secret to being boring is to say everything."

"The unintelligent are always surprised by intelligence."

"Prejudice is opinion without judgment."

"The more things you own, the more they own you."

"The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning."

"There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times."

"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it."

"To name an object is to lose three-quarters of the enjoyment."

"Silence is also conversation."

"The supreme art is to conceal one's art."

"Memory is the poetry of the soul."

"The heart understands what the mind cannot explain."

"Wisdom is knowing what not to do."

"The greatest delight of a sensual nature is not to be found in vulgar pleasures."

"One should always be drunk. That's all that matters. But with what? Wine, poetry or virtue, choose your poison."

"The wise man does not give the right answer, he possesses the right answers."

"My passions are in my heart; my thoughts in my head."