wisdom Quotes

“The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.”

― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before . . . He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

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“She hath more hair than wit, and more faults than hairs, and more wealth than faults.”

― William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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“the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that seed growing. It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.”

― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

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“all men feel sometimes the falsehood which they cannot demonstrate. For men are wiser than they know.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation

topic:wisdom feeling

“You are bound to go up and down, just as I did in my youth, but do keep your clarity of mind, and if fools or sages dare to criticise don't blame yourself too much.”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

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“Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.”

― William Shakespeare, King Lear

topic:wisdom age

“I would much rather have been merry than wise.”

― Jane Austen, Emma

topic:happiness wisdom

“Man . . . how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

topic:wisdom ignorance pride

“I have heard men talk of the blessings of freedom . . . but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

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