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«Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.»
Author: John Patrick | Keywords: endurable, makes, pain, think, thought, wisdom, wise
«Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.»
Author: Myrtle Reed | About: Reputation, Wisdom | Keywords: reputation, reserve, reserves, reserving, silence, wisdom
«Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.»
Author: Sandra Carey | About: Wisdom | Keywords: helps, help out, knowledge, living, livings, make, mistake, mistaking, mistook, never, One Life to Live, other, the Other, wisdom
«In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance»
Author: Theodore Dreiser (Novelist) | Keywords: ignorance, in order, must have, order, wisdom
«Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.»
Author: Kahlil Gibran (Essayist, Novelist, Poet) | Keywords: bow, bowing, bow out, children, cry, from the, greatness, keep away, laugh, laugh away, philosophy, take a bow, wisdom
«Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength»
Author: Lao Tzu (Philosopher) | Keywords: enlightenment, force, knowing, mastering, needs, requires, self, strength, the Enlightenment, the self, wisdom
«I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln (President) | About: Conviction, Wisdom | Keywords: About me, conviction, driven, drive in, from nowhere, had, insufficient, knees, My own, nowhere, overwhelm, overwhelming, overwhelms, seemed, times, time of day, wisdom
«It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi (Philosopher) | About: Wisdom | Keywords: err, errs, healthiest, healthy, might, reminded, strongest, sure, unwise, weaken, weakening, wisdom, wisest
«Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men.»
Author: Spanish Proverb | Keywords: acquire, ever, fooling, fools, greatest, knowledge, known, learned, men, some, Some of, The Greatest, were, wisdom
«Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Wisdom | Keywords: lover, philosopher, wisdom
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