At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.
I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
I associate wisdom and grace with age.
There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.
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