#wisdo

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#doubt #enter #into #must #pass

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#companion #even #genius #inseparable #moderation

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#guide #live #living #tool #tragedy

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. ↗

— Confucius

#action #adjust #cannot #goals #obvious

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. ↗

— Confucius

#constant #happiness #must #often #who

The wisdom of age: don't stop walking. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#stop #walking #wisdom

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom. ↗

— Marcia Cross

#i #lack #wisdom

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

#call #ears #education #every #hand

I want to see an elephant hunt down a man for the sole purpose of collecting his teeth, while a chorus of typewriters sings songs that praises the bananas for their wisdom, leadership, and their high levels of potassium. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #dada #funny #humor #hunt