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~ We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. ~

Mark Twain

~ A prudent question is one half the wisdom. ~

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~ Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root. ~

Robert Burns

~ Whatever excites the spirit of contradiction is capable of producing the last effects of heroism; which is only the highest pitch of obstinacy, in a good or bad cause, in wisdom or folly. ~

William Hazlitt

~ Never suffer your courage to exert itself in fierceness, your resolution in obstinacy, your wisdom in cunning, nor your patience in sullenness and despair. ~

Charles Palmer

~ True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. ~

Akhenaton

~ Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. ~

Samuel Johnson

~ Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth and fresher breath. ~

Dave Barry

~ Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom. ~

Publilius Syrus

~ The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. ~

Aristotle

~ The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. ~

Plato

~ The curse of mortality. You spend the first portion of your life learning, growing stronger, more capable. And then, through no fault of your own, your body begins to fail. You regress. Strong limbs become feeble, keen senses grow dull, hardy constitutions deteriorate. Beauty withers. Organs quit. You remember yourself in your prime, and wonder where that person went. As your wisdom and experience are peaking, your traitorous body becomes a prison. ~

Brandon Mull

~ Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials. ~

Lin Yutang

~ On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him. ~

Buddha

~ Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold... ~

Bob Marley

~ Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold... ~

Bob Marley

~ The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship. ~

Norman Douglas

~ Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile. ~

William Shakespeare

~ In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom. ~

Euripides

~ Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. ~

Merry Browne

~ He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. ~

James Gibbons Huneker

~ Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster. ~

Avery Brooks

~ When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom. ~

Italian proverb

~ Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves. ~

Aldous Huxley

~ Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture. ~

Aldous Huxley

~ The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. ~

Henry Louis Mencken

~ A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength. ~

Marjorie Holmes

~ The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom...for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough. ~

William Blake

~ The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. ~

William Blake

~ Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made. ~

Bill Cosby

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