Wisdom Quotes

“Why, thou say'st well. I do now remember a saying: "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."”

“It is not so much that the sage knows more than the fool as that the fool knows it for sure.”

“He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.”

“As the art of reading (after a certain stage in one's education) is the art of skipping, so the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”

“To be wise for others is easier than to be wise for ourselves.”

“We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.”

“For Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.”

“There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise.”

“Silence is wisdom's sentinel.”

“Every wise man lives in an observatory.”

“The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.”

“You must be very wise if you know what you mean.”