A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. 
Francis Bacon 

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart. 
Phil Jackson 

Learn wisdom by 3 methods we may: 
1st, by reflection, which is noblest; 
2nd, by imitation, which is easiest; and 
3rd by experience, which is the bitterest. 
-Confucius 

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. 
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton 

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. 
Nelson Mandela 

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

A mistake is simply another way of doing things. 
Katharine Graham 

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. 
Robert Frost 


Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. 
Ralph Waldo Emerson 

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. 
Henry David Thoreau 

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. 
George Santayana 

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone. 
Baltasar Gracian 

 

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