Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
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Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality.
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
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