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Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The 'wisdom of the crowds' is the most ridiculous statement I've heard in my life. Crowds are dumb. ↗

— Drew Curtis

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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ↗

— Confucius

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What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children. ↗

— William Blake

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We can't command our love, but we can our actions. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation. ↗

— William O. Douglas

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I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery. ↗

— David Brainerd

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Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

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We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. ↗

— Arthur Helps

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