Subject: Intelligence » Wisdom (Page 3)

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

(1862 – 1960) English writer

Smart as a tree full of owls.

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

(1826 – 1877) English economist & journalist

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

(1741 – 1794) French writer

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Silence: True wisdom’s best reply.

We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.

(1897 – 1982) French writer

Educated Man: One who has finally discovered that there are some questions to which nobody has the answers.

Philosophy: Common sense in a dress suit.

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

We grow too soon old and too late smart.

Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Some coaches pray for wisdom; I pray for 260-pound tackles… they’ll give me plenty of wisdom.

(1932 – ) American football coach