Wisdom

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

Thomas Jefferson

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

Benjamin Franklin

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

Benjamin Franklin

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Thomas Jefferson

A closed mouth catches no flies.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Miguel de Cervantes

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Albert Einstein

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.

A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

Theodore Roosevelt

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

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