Wisdom Quotes

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something."

"A large part of mankind is angry not from nature but from practice and bad habits."

"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value."

"He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise."

"Our desires always disappoint us, for even if we obtain our wishes we fain discover that the object of our wishes was not the object we believed it to be."

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be."

"All that glisters is not gold."

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

"If this be madness, yet there is method in't."

"The better part of valor is discretion."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

"What is strength without a double share of wisdom?"

"What does eternal silence teach to those who dare to listen?"

"The unwise sacrifice the present for the future."

"In silence there is eloquence; in listening, wisdom."

"The wise man questions even his own wisdom."

"The good time to leave is when you still want to."

"A man who has made a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake."

"Let your hook always be cast in the stream where you see a trout."

"Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues."

"Wisdom comes from experience, not from years."

"I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts."

"Learn the value of a penny by losing a pound."

"There is no greater proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop and think."

"Wisdom is knowing what not to do."

"To keep silence at the right season is wisdom, and better than any speech."

"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

"The night brings counsel."

"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher."

"The path of true understanding leads through sorrow."