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Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

Richard Milward

1689

★ 1.1

Scripture · Religious literature

In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

931 BC

★ 1.3

Scripture · Religious literature

The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.

Proverbs 17:27

686 BC

★ 1.3

No man is wise enough by himself.

184 BC

★ 1.3

Scripture · Religious literature

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1st Corinthians 1:25 · 55

★ 1.3

From the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser than they, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.

W. Somerset Maugham

Cakes and Ale · 1930

★ 1.8

Scripture · Religious literature

This is the quintessence of wisdom: not to kill anything. Know this to be the legitimate conclusion from the principle of the reciprocity with regard to non-killing.

Jaina Sutras

300 BC

★ 1.9

Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.

Night Thoughts · 1742

★ 1.9

The discovery of truth, by slow progressive meditation, is wisdom.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

1787

★ 1.9

Novel · Philosophical literature

Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.

Siddhartha · 1922

★ 1.9

Autobiography and memoir

My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn’t bother me in the least.

2020

★ 1.9

Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.

Gaius Petronius

Satyricon · 66

★ 2.0

He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.

1759

★ 2.0

The world is often wiser than any philosopher.

1863

★ 2.0

It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.

1962

★ 2.0

Presocratic fragment · Fragment · Philosophical literature

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

★ 2.0

Philosophical literature

By first recognizing false goods, you begin to escape the burden of their influence; then afterwards true goods may gain possession of your spirit.

The Consolation of Philosophy · 523

★ 2.1

Psychological literature

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

The Principles of Psychology · 1890

★ 2.1

Presocratic fragment · Fragment · Philosophical literature

Much learning does not teach understanding.

★ 2.1

Scripture · Religious literature

Great men are not always wise.

Job 32:9 · 500 BC

★ 2.2

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