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