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?
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
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.
To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly.
If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
We have eyes and we have nerveses We have tails we have teeth You'll all get what you deserveses When we rise from underneath.
We have teeth and we have tails We have tails we have eyes We were here before you fell We will be here when you rise.
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
This one is named Eve," I said. "And don't check my teeth like I'm your livestock. I bite back.
Til shade is gone, til water is gone Into the shadow with teeth bared Screaming defiance with the last breath To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day.
The fight wasn’t over,” I said through gritted teeth. “I’d have won it.” Probably. “Right,” he said. “And something just flew past your window. It was oinking.
She'd put her teeth in his heart, long ago, and he'd left the print there, evidence that he wanted her love. That he returned it.
It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.
the living used to wonder what happened after death. She said that whole religions were born and evolved around this one simple uncertainty.
