Friday, May 25, 2007

WISDOM

* By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest - Confucius

* Wisdom begins in wonder - Socrates

* The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing - Socrates

* A prudent question is one-half of wisdom - Francis Bacon

* Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers - Alfred Lord Tennyson

* The doors of wisdom are never shut - Benjamin Franklin

* Wisdom begins at the end - Daniel Webster

* To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom - Bertrand Russell

* We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future - George Bernard Shaw

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