Quotes about wisdom
352 quotes from 209 people
Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life
But needs it, and may learn.
Philip James Bailey1816–1902Festus (1839)
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Rectorial Address, St. Andrew’s (3 May 1922)We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Margaret Ogilvy (1897), Ch. 8
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887Life Thoughts (1858), p. 190The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
Walter Benjamin1892–1940“The Storyteller” (1936)The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)- Ambrose Bierce1842–1914Epigrams, p. 371
