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Wise Wisdom Quotes (page 3)

Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The wise man through an excess of wisdom is made a fool."
The wise man through an excess of wisdom is made a fool. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind. Neil Gaiman
When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom. Frank Herbert
For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!'I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colours, and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered. I liked white better,' I said. White!' he sneered. 'It serves as a beginning. White cloth may be dyed. The white page can be overwritten; and the white light can be broken.' In which case it is no longer white,' said I. 'And he that breaks... J. R. R. Tolkien
Michel de Montaigne quote: "We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we..."
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. Michel de Montaigne
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Khalil Gibran
Elizabeth Gaskell quote: "Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better..."
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. Elizabeth Gaskell
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations. William Feather
Euripides quote: "Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise."
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise. Euripides
Quintus Ennius quote: "He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise."
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise. Quintus Ennius
Benjamin Disraeli quote: "The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are..."
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. Benjamin Disraeli
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. Plutarch
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be..."
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. Isaac D'Israeli
We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. E. O. Wilson
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. Alan Paton

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