I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.
One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.
If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.
It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet.
Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
We all have within us a deep wisdom, but sometimes we don't know we have it.
I've always enjoyed doing challenging things and also challenging common wisdom.
This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote a remarkable will.
I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.
Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.
Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn't all have to be by tomorrow!
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