Wisdom Quotes

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

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Madness would be mercy"

"Virtue is its own reward."

"There is no greater madness than to lose oneself in illusion."

"Good intentions pave the way to many disasters."

"The suffering of children is unjustifiable by any worldly harmony."

"One must choose between comfort and truth."

"The heart's truth transcends logical reasoning."

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."

"There is no such thing as a miracle, only the inevitable and the unexpected."

"A wise man accepts his fate; a fool rebels against it."

"The greatest curse is not poverty, but the poverty of the soul."

"The past torments us only if we allow it to."

"She searched everywhere for something that could only be found within."

"She had confused romance with love, and love with life itself."

"She was a victim of her own expectations."

"She learned too late that passion without wisdom is self-destruction."

"Suffering and pain are always obligatory for a large intelligence and a deep heart"

"The poorest and weakest have their own treasures"

"The only thing we can know is that we know nothing and that is the highest degree of human wisdom."

"The bed of a great river must contain the water."

"All sorrows are bearable when bread is assured"

"All that glitters is not gold"

"Suffering and pain are always obligatory for a large intelligence and a deep heart."

"All human wisdom is contained in these two words—'Wait and Hope.'"

"I have learned that there are things more valuable than gold and diamonds."

"Ambition must be tempered with mercy."

"One never tires of that which one has desired."

"What did it matter that she had been deceived in love?"