Wisdom Quotes

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook." "The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable." "Many a truth is said in jest" "There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men " "Time will reveal everything it is a babbler and speaks even when not asked" "Some people will never learn anything for this reason because they understand everything too soon" "To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future." "Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist." "To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days." "Only dumb people try to impress smart people. Smart people just do what they do" "Goethe said things that comfort the soul and the mind can bear" "Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know." "Every age has its own blindness." "He who thinks greatly must err greatly." "The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong"