Wisdom

(37 votes)   It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.

Francis Bacon

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(37 votes)   The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

William James
1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author

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(36 votes)   Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. [Proverbs 3:13-15]

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Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism

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(36 votes)   Stars are wonderful guides. Both the real and the imaginary.

Greg Evans
American Writer 1978-

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(36 votes)   Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -- in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

Seneca
4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(35 votes)   Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.

Chuang-tzu

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(35 votes)   It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(35 votes)   Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you stemma to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. [1 Corinthians 3:18-19]

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Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism

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(35 votes)   Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(35 votes)   The best mind might be the wisest mind if it were a mind alone that produces wisdom.

Source Unknown

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(35 votes)   There is nothing more satisfying than being able to understand.

Greg Evans
American Writer 1978-

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(35 votes)   Two attitudes are all that is needed; do not harm anything; say and do things that make others happy.

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"Burn This Book"

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(35 votes)   Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.

Source Unknown

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(34 votes)   Is the foolish dog, bark at the flying bird.

Bob Marley
1945-1981, Jamaican Musician - songwriter, guitarist & Activist

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(33 votes)   The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

August and Julius Hare

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