Famous Proverbs
222 Proverbs about Wisdom / Page 17
161. Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge.
162. Wisdom is attained by learning when to hold one's tongue.
163. Intelligence is endowed, but wisdom is learned.
164. The idle remarks of the rich are taken as maxims of wisdom by the poor.
165. It takes great wisdom to play the fool.
166. The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness.
167. The wit of one man, the wisdom of many.
168. When passion entereth at the foregate, wisdom goeth out of the postern.
169. Wisdom without morality is like a ring without a gem.
170. Those who train themselves in wisdom cultivate true courage.