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.