Quotes 81 till 100 of 375.
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom - one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
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If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
Source: Ann Druyan (2011) 354 -
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool.
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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
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In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
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It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.
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It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
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It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.
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It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.
― St. John of the Cross
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It is most important that we should keep in this country a certain leisured class. I am of the opinion of the ancient Jewish book which says ''there is no wisdom without leisure.''
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It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.
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It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
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