Subject: Intelligence » Wisdom (Page 3)

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

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Silence: True wisdom’s best reply.

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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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Wisdom: Knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.

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Philosophy: Common sense in a dress suit.

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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

(1842 – 1910) American philosopher & psychologist
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A word to the wise ain’t necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor
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The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

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

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
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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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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around; but when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
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A loaded wagon makes no noise.

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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice… prepare to die.

Intelligence Proverbs Wisdom

We grow too soon old and too late smart.

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