Wisdom Quotes

"The weak in courage is strong in cunning " "Without contraries is no progression " "The fox condemns the trap, not himself " "A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees " "Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed" "There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true." "The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived." "A wise man never loses anything if he has himself." "We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom." "Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face." "The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness." "The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire" "One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present " "Old age is like a plane flying through a storm Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do " "I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you love me? And Who's in charge? "