#wisdom

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. ↗

— Socrates

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True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. ↗

— Socrates

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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. ↗

— Socrates

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Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. ↗

— King Solomon

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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces. ↗

— Solon

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The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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A short saying often contains much wisdom. ↗

— Sophocles

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Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. ↗

— Sophocles

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Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. ↗

— Sophocles

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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. ↗

— Sophocles

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