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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The brains of a fox will be of little service if you play with the paw of a lion.
The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.
Stephen HawkingThe difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
(unknown author)The first step toward wisdom is the realization that the laws of the universe don't care about you.
Steven PinkerSource: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
The fool needs company, the wise solitude.
(unknown author)The foolish slogans of a rich man often pass for words of wisdom by the fools around him.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.
BibleSource: Proverbs 11:30
The greatest poorness is the lack of brains.
The halfwit spoke, and the brainless believed.
The less the brains, the bigger the hat.
The mob has many heads but no brains.
The morning is wiser than the evening.
The most learned are not the wisest.
The mouth of an elderly man is without teeth, but never without words of wisdom.
The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.
Mary Pettibone PooleThe nuclear generator of brain sludge is television.
Dave BarryThe older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
H.L. MenckenThe only stupid question is the one that is not asked.
The only stupid question is the question you don't ask.
The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.
John King FairbankThe silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a clever woman to manage a fool.
Rudyard KiplingThe small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
Rabindranath TagoreThe stone age was marked by man's clever use of crude tools; the information age, to date, has been marked by man's crude use of clever tools.
(unknown author)The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Thomas SzaszThe thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.
Stephen HawkingThe three most difficult to understand; the mind of a woman, the labor of the bees and the ebb and flow of the tide.
(unknown author)The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
Bertrand RussellThe wise are not learned, the learned are not wise.
LaoziThe wise bee does not sip from a flower that has fallen.
The wise man is astonished by everything.
André GideThe wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
Herbert SpencerThe words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
BibleThe words of elders are like the gooseberry: bitter at first, then sweet.
There are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.
J.K. RowlingSource: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Quoted: Dumbledore
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
Josh BillingsThere are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.
John FowlesThere is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.
Stephen HawkingThere is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell!
J.R.R. TolkienSource: The Hobbit - Chapter 18 - The Return Journey
Quoted: Thorin
There's a lot of wisdom in backing up.
MinkukelThree humble shoemakers brainstorming will make a great statesman.
To a great mind, nothing is little.
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleSource: A Study in Scarlet
Quoted: Sherlock Holmes
To be clever enough to get all the money, one must be stupid enough to want it.
Gilbert Keith ChestertonTo be old and wise, you must first have to be young and stupid.
(unknown author)To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand RussellTo keep your own secrets is wisdom; but to expect others to keep them is folly.
William Scott DowneyTo question a wise man is the beginning of wisdom.
Too clever is stupid.
Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.
(unknown author)True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
SocratesTurn your wounds into wisdom.
Oprah Winfrey