Wisdom Quotes

Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.