No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
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.
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.