Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority.

— William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994

We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

— Unknown Source

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

— Unknown Source

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

— Unknown Source

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

— Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970

Wisdom is having a lot to say and not always saying it.

— Unknown source

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority.

— William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

— William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.

— Ezra Pound, U.S. expatriate poet, 1885-1972
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