Wisdom Quotes

"Saying nothing... sometimes says the most" "Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent" "No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he will take no other counsel than his own" "Sometimes the greatest things are the most embarrassing." "Be a philosopher but amid all your philosophy be still a man" "The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst" "You ain't gotta die to get to heaven " "Better hope deferred than none" "The cut worm forgives the plow " "Expect poison from the standing water " "The cistern contains; the fountain overflows " "Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things." "The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it." "Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain." "Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny."