Wisdom
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Wisdom may increase with age but so does folly. |
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Wisdom is being wise at the right time. |
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Wisdom comes through suffering. |
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To recognise folly is the first step to wisdom. |
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We are all a little foolish but the wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit. |
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We can give advice but not the wisdom to go with it. |
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Without experience there is little wisdom. |
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The first sign of love is the last sign of wisdom. |
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No person becomes wise just from learning. |
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To live without a little foolishness is not as wise as you think. |
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It’s hard to love and be wise. |
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A white beard doesn’t make a person wise. |
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Better to weep with the wise than laugh with the fool. |
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You can pass on knowledge but not wisdom. |
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When nothing is known, we should be silent – when everything is known, why speak? |
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The wise can play the fool – but the fool can’t play wise. |
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The wise may change their mind – but the fool never will. |
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The wise will learn from everyone. |
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The wise will do at once what the fool will do eventually. |
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The wise will get more from their enemies than the fool will get from their friends. |
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The wise know what to overlook. |
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The wise man wants for nothing. |
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A wise person knows things – a shrewd person knows people. |
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A wise person does not need a weapon. |
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A person is wise when he doesn’t appear too clever. |
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Give instructions to the wise and they will yet be wiser. |
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In the company of fools, a wise man looks foolish. |
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You are wise if few things annoy. |
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The most learned people are not always the most wise. |
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Ho who thinks he is wise is a fool. |
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No person is born wise. |
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A word to the wise is enough. |
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We are all wise in our own eyes. |
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Fools build houses – wise men live in them. |
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