Wisdom Sayings and Quotes
Wisdom comes with age and experience. Each misstep and accomplishment is a learning opportunity, providing problem-solving tools we can store for later use. Feeling like a ship without mooring? Let the below collection of wise quotes help guide the way.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own.
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Justice is truth in action.
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A new broom sweeps clean but an old broom knows the corners.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat forever.
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He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
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Silence is often misinterpreted but never misquoted.
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Lost time is never found again.
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The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others.
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When our imperfect judgments are aggregated in the right way, our collective intelligence is often excellent.
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The goal of human nature, of any nature is blessedness. If we do not reach this goal, it is a sign that we are headed in the wrong direction.
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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One should speak little with others and much with oneself.
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When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.
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The riches that are in the heart cannot be stolen.
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The only thing we can know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
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Plan your life like you will live forever, and live your life like you will die the next day.
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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
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Desires are brought to live depending on one’s wisdom. Wisdom gives direction to desires.
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Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
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A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
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A blind person who sees is better than a seeing person who is blind.
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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
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Economy is the wealth of the poor and the wisdom of the rich.
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Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
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He that respects himself is safe from others.
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He who flees at the right time can fight again.
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A crown's no cure for a headache.
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Life is a journey, not a destination.
