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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
He taketh wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the
froward is carried headlong.
He taketh wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the
froward is carried headlong.
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
