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Wisdom

«Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship»
Author: Epicurus | About: Wisdom | Keywords: provides
«Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.»
Author: Jimmy Buffett (Singer, Songwriter) | About: Life, Wisdom | Keywords: voices, wiser
«O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies»
Author: Muslih-uddin Sadi | About: Wisdom | Keywords: associates, associating, wash
«Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life far the greatest is the possession of Friendship.»
Author: Epicurus | About: Friendship, Wisdom | Keywords: acquires, blessedness, The Complete
«Our attitudes, opinions, beliefs and judgments are, simply put, our attitudes, opinions, beliefs and judgments. They are not universal truths.»
Author: Robert White | About: Learning, Life, Wisdom
«One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith | About: Wisdom
«Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.»
«No man ever became wise by chance»
Author: Seneca | About: Chance, Wisdom | Keywords: became, by chance
«Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.»
Author: Sophocles | About: Happiness, Wisdom
«Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!»