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Akhenaton

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.


Saint Augustine

Patience is the companion of wisdom.


Francis Bacon

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.


Josh Billings

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.


Herb Caen

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.


Lord Chesterfield

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.


Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.


Confucius

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.


Charles Dickens

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.


Benjamin Disraeli

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.


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