Subject: Intelligence » Wisdom

Why does it so often take a genius to see the obvious?

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.

(1880 – ?) American author

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Silence: True wisdom’s best reply.

Smart as a tree full of owls.

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

(450 BC – 388 BC) Greek Athenian comic playwright

Wisdom: Knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

Some coaches pray for wisdom; I pray for 260-pound tackles… they’ll give me plenty of wisdom.

(1932 – ) American football coach

Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

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As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

(427 BC – 347 BC) Greek author & philosopher

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

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

(1842 – 1910) American philosopher & psychologist

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.