Famous Quotes: Wisdom

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.
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To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
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Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.
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A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.
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After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.
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A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
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We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.
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I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.
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I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.
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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
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True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people.
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Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
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