The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
The wise are above books.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.