Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning. Bergen Evans
Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.WisdomQuotations by Bergen Evans
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Wisdom is learning what to overlook. William James
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.WisdomQuotations by William James
We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.WisdomQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything African Proverb
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everythingWisdomQuotations by African Proverb
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use. Antoine De Saint-Exupery
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.WisdomQuotations by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. Jean De La Bruyere
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.Wish and WishingQuotations by Jean De La Bruyere
Wit is educated insolence. Aristotle
Wit is educated insolence.WitQuotations by Aristotle
True wit is nature to advantage dressed, what oft was thought, but never so well expressed. Alexander Pope
True wit is nature to advantage dressed, what oft was thought, but never so well expressed.WitQuotations by Alexander Pope
A man’s wife has more power over him than the state has. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man’s wife has more power over him than the state has.WivesQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him. Cher
The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him.WomenQuotations by Cher
I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. George Meredith
I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.WomenQuotations by George Meredith
Words of love, are works of love. William R. Alger
Words of love, are works of love.WordsQuotations by William R. Alger
I have never been hurt by what I have not said. Calvin Coolidge
I have never been hurt by what I have not said.WordsQuotations by Calvin Coolidge
Words are wise men’s counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools. Thomas Hobbes
Words are wise men’s counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools.WordsQuotations by Thomas Hobbes
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr. Mohammed
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.WordsQuotations by Mohammed
To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired. George Santayana
To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.WordsQuotations by George Santayana
You can stroke people with words. Source Unknown
You can stroke people with words.WordsQuotations by Source Unknown
To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself. George Orwell
To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.SurvivalQuotations by George Orwell
Oaths are the fossils of piety. George Santayana
Oaths are the fossils of piety.SwearingQuotations by George Santayana
We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced. Jean Jacques Rousseau
We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.SympathyQuotations by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. Oliver Herford
Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.Tact and TactfulnessQuotations by Oliver Herford
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.TalentQuotations by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work. French Proverb
Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.TalentQuotations by French Proverb
People count the faults of those who keep them waiting. French Proverb
People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.TardinessQuotations by French Proverb
Errors of taste are very often the outward sign of a deep fault of sensibility. Jonathan Miller
Errors of taste are very often the outward sign of a deep fault of sensibility.TasteQuotations by Jonathan Miller
All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury.Taxes and TaxationQuotations by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Death and taxes and childbirth! There’s never any convenient time for any of them! Margaret Mitchell
Death and taxes and childbirth! There’s never any convenient time for any of them!Taxes and TaxationQuotations by Margaret Mitchell
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. Charles Dudley Warner
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.Taxes and TaxationQuotations by Charles Dudley Warner
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. John Cotton Dana
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.Teachers and TeachingQuotations by John Cotton Dana
Morality sticks faster when presented in brief sayings than when presented in long discourse. Immermann
Morality sticks faster when presented in brief sayings than when presented in long discourse.Teachers and TeachingQuotations by Immermann
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. Socrates
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.Teachers and TeachingQuotations by Socrates
No one man is superior to the game. A. Bartlett Giamatti
No one man is superior to the game.Teams and TeamworkQuotations by A. Bartlett Giamatti
When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself. Source Unknown
When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself.Teams and TeamworkQuotations by Source Unknown
Tears such as angels weep. John Milton
Tears such as angels weep.TearsQuotations by John Milton
Television has brought back murder into the home — where it belongs. Alfred Hitchcock
Television has brought back murder into the home — where it belongs.TelevisionQuotations by Alfred Hitchcock
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. Eduardo Galeano
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.TemptationQuotations by Eduardo Galeano
The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion. Pat Riley
The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.Ten CommandmentsQuotations by Pat Riley
Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute. John Mortimer
Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.TheaterQuotations by John Mortimer
The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession. Sherlock Holmes
The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.TheoryQuotations by Sherlock Holmes
A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark. Dante Alighieri
A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.Things and Little ThingsQuotations by Dante Alighieri