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Wisdom

«It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.»
«It is impossible to love and to be wise.»
«It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man»
«It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that he that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss»
Author: L. Estrange | About: Comfort, Wisdom | Keywords: afflictions, calamities, gainer
«It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise»
«It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf»
Author: Walter Lippmann (Journalist) | About: Wisdom | Keywords: deaf
«It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.»
«It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau (Essayist, Philosopher, Poet) | About: Wisdom | Keywords: desperate
«It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.»
«It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.»