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  • T. S. Eliot Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information.
    ― T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Madame Neckar Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception.
    ― Madame Neckar
     
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  • St. Francis of Assisi Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
    ― St. Francis of Assisi
    Italian saint, founder of the Franciscan monastic order (1182 - 1226)
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  • Alan Paton Who knows 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
    South African author and anti-apartheid activist (1903 - 1988)
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  • Plato Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences.
    ― Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
    ― Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • William Shakespeare Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile; filths savour but themselves.
    ― William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Abigail Adams Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
    ― Abigail Adams
    Wife of John Adams (1744 - 1818)
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  • Samuel Smiles Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
    ― Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Daniel Webster Wisdom begins at the end.
    ― Daniel Webster
    American lawyer and statesman (1782 - 1852)
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  • Socrates Wisdom begins in wonder.
    ― Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • George Santayana Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
    ― George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Norman Cousins Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
    Source: Saturday Review 15 April 1978
    ― Norman Cousins
    American Editor, Humanitarian, Author (1915 - 1990)
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  • Francis Hutcheson Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best Ends by the best Means.
    Source: Inquiry into the best means of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue II, 5
    ― Francis Hutcheson
    Irish philosopher (1694 - 1746)
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  • Josh Billings Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.
    ― Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Seneca Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
    ― Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Abigail Van Buren Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
    ― Abigail Van Buren
    American advice columnist and radio show host (1918 - 2013)
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  • Woodrow Wilson Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
    ― Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Wisdom happens through meditation, and bliss also happens through meditation. Both the flowers bloom on the same branch.
    ― Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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