Words of Wisdom / Thoughts to Live By

Nature and wisdom never are at strife.

- Plutarch

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
- William James

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
- Solomon Ibn Gabriol

Years teach us more than books.
- Berthold Auerbach

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs,
which are brief and pithy.
- William Penn

The middle course is the best.
- Cleobulus

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.
- Thomas Huxley

A wise man learns by the mistakes of others,
a fool by his own.
- Latin Proverb

Silence does not always mark wisdom.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

No man was ever wise by chance.
- Seneca

Not to know at large of things remote
From use, obscure and subtle, but to know
That which before us lies in daily life,
Is the prime wisdom.
- John Milton

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
- Menander

The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom,
in the heart.
- William Hazlitt

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.
- John Tillotson

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
- Catherine the Great

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
- Charles Dickens

One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little.
- Alexander Chase

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
- Homer

On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows,
In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
- Edward Young

The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid.
- Confucius

More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them."

- Harold J. Smith