Quotes about wisdom
352 quotes from 209 people
Discretion is a perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
Joseph Addison1672–1719The Spectator (1711–1714), No. 225 (17 November 1711)If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
William Blake1757–1827Proverbs of Hell, Line 18- William Blake1757–1827Proverbs of Hell, Line 3
W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965“1901”, p. 76
Socrates470–399 BCPlato, Republic, 493aThe art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James1842–1910The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 22
Baruch Spinoza1632–1677Ethics (1677), Part IV, Prop. LXVIIWe must be very careful when we give advice to younger people: sometimes they follow it!
EDEdsger W. Dijkstra1930–2002The Humble Programmer (1972)The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
Walter Benjamin1892–1940“The Storyteller” (1936)
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 78
F. Scott Fitzgerald1896–1940The Great Gatsby (1925)- Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 156
Jiddu Krishnamurti1895–1986Posthumous publicationsI have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.
Montesquieu1689–1755Pensées Diverses
