Subject: Intelligence » Wisdom (Page 2)

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

(427 BC – 347 BC) Greek author & philosopher
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Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner.

(1818 – 1885) humorist
Age Old Wisdom

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

(1862 – 1960) English writer
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A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic
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Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

(1818 – 1885) humorist
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Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
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The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it.

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And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist
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No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist
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Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
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Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.

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It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.

(1817 – 1862) American author, poet, philosopher,, naturalist & historian
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Silence: True wisdom’s best reply.

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Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.

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It’s so simple to be wise… just thing of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)
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The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

(1889 – 1974) American intellectual, writer, reporter & political commentator
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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by the age of eighteen.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

(450 BC – 388 BC) Greek Athenian comic playwright
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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

(1941 – 2008) British journalist, musician &broadcaster
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