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Wisdom does
not show itself so much in precept as in life -- in firmness
of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as
well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a
color.
-- Seneca
4 B.C. – 65 A.D.,
Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher
So wise so
young, they say, do never live long.
-- William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet,
Playwright, Actor
To be wise and
love exceeds man's might.
-- William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet,
Playwright, Actor
The only man I
know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my
measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with
their old measurements and expect me to fit them.
-- George Bernard Shaw
1856-1950, Irish-born British
Dramatist
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The experience
gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the
nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from
actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.
-- Samuel Smiles
1812-1904, Scottish Author
Wisdom and
understanding can only become the possession of individual
men by travelling the old road of observation, attention,
perseverance, and industry.
-- Samuel Smiles
1812-1904, Scottish Author
Practical
wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience.
Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but,
without the discipline of real life, they remain of the
nature of theory only.
-- Samuel Smiles
1812-1904, Scottish Author
Some men are
wise, and some are otherwise.
-- Tobias G. Smollett
1721-1771, Scottish Novelist,
Surgeon
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