Wisdom
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A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Because of my upbringing, I believe in things like limited government, fiscal responsibility and personal accountability. I believe in the wisdom of our founders and the sanctity of our Constitution.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely.
A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
Of course, when you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.
You can be very wild and still be very wise.
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
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