#wisdo

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow. ↗

— William Osler

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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. ↗

— Jane Porter

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If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king. ↗

— Orson Pratt

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You know you're in lust when you're quick to fall into a reverie because dreams seem better than reality. ↗

— Emmanuel Aghado

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People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

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Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom. ↗

— Myrtle Reed

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And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also. ↗

— Thomas Reid

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Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned. ↗

— Thomas Reid

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Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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