#wisdom

Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame. ↗

— Abbott L. Lowell

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Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

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I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

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Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. ↗

— Mo Udall

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God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy. ↗

— William Temple

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. ↗

— John Muir

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Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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