Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom.

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.