Wisdom Quotes

"Beware of the enthusiasm of the ignorant."

"A prudent man does not give cheek to every fool."

"A man's worth is measured by the questions he asks."

"Vanity is the quicksand of reason."

"We become wise, not by remembering the past, but by using it."

"A moment of reflection is worth more than a lifetime of activity."

"The heart knows reasons that reason does not know."

"Every man has something to teach, if one knows how to listen."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas and still function."

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age."

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens in silence."

"Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one; the work of life is learning to be one."

"Self-knowledge is the beginning of all wisdom."

"To be young is to be sad, and to be old is to understand why youth is sad."

"When we are young, we are slaves to emotions; when we are old, we are slaves to habit."

"True nobility is not of birth but of character."

"The heart has reasons that reason cannot fathom."

"Every human heart contains the capacity for both grace and cruelty."

"The deepest well of wisdom is drawn from the deepest well of suffering."

"The most profound truths are often the simplest."

"Inquiry is fatal to certainty."

"Virtue is its own reward, and vice its own punishment."

"Wisdom lies in knowing the limits of one's knowledge."

"The mind will ever be unstable that has only talents to rest on."

"To do good deeds, we must understand what is good."

"Virtue, truth, and knowledge are essential to happiness."

"Ignorance and the want of character go hand in hand."

"It is proper to expect women to reason, as it is to expect men to feel."

"One cannot live only by the heart; one must also think."

"A woman of sense and character should never be a vain creature."