Wisdom Quotes

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"To know oneself is the beginning of wisdom."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."

"To understand all is to forgive all."

"Wisdom comes from experience; experience comes from mistakes."

"The path to wisdom is paved with questions."

"What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing."

"A man's heart will guide him true if he listens."

"To know oneself is the beginning of wisdom."

"The test of character is what you do when no one watches."

"The mind of man, when he thinks, is the noblest thing in the world."

"The more perfect a thing is, the more it feels pleasure and pain."

"Great is the distress of one who lacks in virtue."

"Temperance is the greatest virtue; excess the root of all evil."

"Fortune is a wheel that turns; the wise do not expect it to turn in their favor forever."

"The gift of understanding surpasses the gift of eloquence."

"Silence speaks louder than words."

"The intellect is the light that guides the will."

"The mind is like a garden; what you plant grows, what you neglect withers."

"The wisdom of ages whispers through the voice of silence."

"Wisdom is knowing what we do not know."

"The mind that is wise is not agitated by the accidents of life."

"Praise the sea, but remain on land."

"The unspoken word is never wasted."

"The greatest deception men suffer from is their own opinions."

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself."

"Moderation is safest: our very senses are deceptive."

"Even the gods struggle against stupidity; they give it up."

"The secret of wisdom is knowing that nothing is really secret."

"Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below."