Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past.
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Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.
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The wise man sayth, store is no sore.
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The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.
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Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune. [Lat., Victrix fortunae sapientia.]
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Wisdom is the winner over good luck.
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The art of becoming wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.
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True wisdom is to know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing.
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Wisdom is the health of the soul.
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Wisdom and eloquence are not always united.
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Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. [Fr., Il est plus aise d'etre sage pour les autres, que pour soi-meme.]
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When a man seems to be wise, it is merely that his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.
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Our wisdom is no less at fortune's mercy than our wealth.
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Man's chief wisdom consists in being sensible of his follies.
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It is great folly to wish only to be wise.
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Wisdom consisteth not in knowing many things, nor even in knowing them thoroughly; but in choosing and in following what conduces the most certainly to our lasting happiness and true glory.
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A wise man will always be a Christian, because the perfection of wisdom is to know where lies tranquillity of mind and how to attain it, which Christianity teaches.
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