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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
Desiderius Erasmus on wisdom

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.
Jane Wyman on wisdom

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
Harold S. Geneen on wisdom

Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
Diogenes on wisdom

The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet.
William Gibson on wisdom

Wisdom begins at the end.
Daniel Webster on wisdom

Wisdom is knowing what to do next virtue is doing it.
David Starr Jordan on wisdom

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
William Ralph Inge on wisdom

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
Phil Jackson on wisdom

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
Lord Salisbury on wisdom

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.
Walter Benjamin on wisdom

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Juvenal on wisdom

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
Dean Inge on wisdom

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Sidney Lanier on wisdom

You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.
Ethel Barrymore on wisdom

Man's wisdom is his best friend folly his worst enemy.
William Temple on wisdom

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.
Evelyn Underhill on wisdom

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
Thomas B. Macaulay on wisdom

The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.
Torquato Tasso on wisdom

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
John Cheever on wisdom