Wisdom is a life that knows it is living

Quote by William Penn

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him

A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him

Time is what we want most, but... what we use worst.

Time is what we want most, but... what we use worst.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders...

Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders...

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet...

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet...

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth...

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth...

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than...

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than...

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than...

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than...

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as...

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as...

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made...

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made...

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the...

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the...

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously,...

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously,...

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I...

I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I...