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“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
Bertrand Russell
“Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength”
Lao Tzu
“Not necessarily someone who is clever he was wise, but if someone is wise he definitely clever”
Marsiano Revall
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
Albert Einstein
“A wise man changes his mind, a fool never”
Spanish Proverb
“The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.”
Oscar Wilde
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.”
Mark Twain
