The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.
Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.
It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?
Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
A promise made is a debt unpaid.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
The height of perfection is mediocrity.
