We are Home sapiens. It is the scientific name of our species and means “wise man”. Some of this wisdom is reflected in this collection of proverbs and quotes.
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A beard signifies lice, not brains.
A big heart is better than a big brain.
A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.
Louis PasteurA brain is worth little without a tongue.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
Albert EinsteinA clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.
A clever wife often sleeps with a stupid husband.
A drop of wisdom is better than a sea of gold.
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is under the control of his mind.
AliA generalist knows nothing about everything.
A specialist knows everything about nothing.
I know nothing about nothing.
MinkukelA specialist knows everything about nothing.
I know nothing about nothing.
A handful of patience is worth a bushel of brains.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard ShawA little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
Roald DahlA loving heart is the truest wisdom.
Charles DickensA man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.
Israel ZangwilA proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Lord John RussellA single conversation across a table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
A single moment of understanding can flood a whole life with meaning.
A smart person knows what to say. A wise person knows whether or not to say it.
(unknown author)A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
A stupid friend is a greater plague than a wise enemy.
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
Bertrand RussellA wise man cares not for that which he cannot have
A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
EpictetusA wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
David HumeA wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.
A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.
Helen RowlandA word to the wise ain't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice.
Bill CosbyAdversity and loss make a man wise.
We learn more from difficult times than from easy times.After all, to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.
J.K. RowlingSource: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Quoted: Dumbledore
Age brings experience, and a good mind wisdom.
Agree to disagree
George WhitefieldAlso: Agreeing to disagree
Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.
Thomas JeffersonAll intellectual improvement arises from leisure.
Samuel JohnsonAll truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheAn idle brain is the devil's workshop.
When you work you avoid temptation to do bad things.An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
Victor HugoAn ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
To succeed, you often just need a bit of luck.An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.
And the worms ate into his brain.
Roger WatersSource: Pink Floyd lyrics: Hey You
Angry people are not always wise.
Jane AustenSource: Pride and Prejudice
Any fool can get into a fight, but a wise man knows how to stay out of them.
Ken FollettSource: The Pillars of the Earth
Any problem can be solved.
Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
Will CuppyArtificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity
(unknown author)As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
BibleSource: Ecclesiastes 10:1
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
François de La RochefoucauldBe happy. It's one way of being wise.
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette