The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.  Chinese Proverb quotes Giving advice is sometimes only showing our wisdom at the expense of others. Anthony Shaftesbury quotes The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it. William Faulkner quotes To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal. Saint Augustine quotes Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only. Samuel Smiles quotes My past is my wisdom to use today. . . my future is my wisdom yet to experience. Be in the present because that is where life resides. Gene Oliver quotes We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles quotes 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 quotes Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred, Lord Tennyson quotes To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. Akhenaton quotes | 
