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" It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. "

Richard Whately

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" Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. "

" Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun. "

Franz Grillparzer

" The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another. "

Richard Whately

" It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better. "

" I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser. "

" How do you rate works of genius? Partly by personal inclination, partly by accepted wisdom, partly by popularity. "

Robert Gottlieb

" A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. "

" Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. "

" But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion. "

" Whatever one thinks of the wisdom of building a mosque near Ground Zero, this controversy now affords us an immense opportunity to examine who we are as a people. It provides us with the opportunity to get back to our foundational ideals, which have always stood as a beacon for the rest of the world. "

" Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. "

" We developed a technology called artificial swarm intelligence, which is all about tapping the inherent knowledge, wisdom, intuition of groups. "

Louis B. Rosenberg

" The world is a diverse place. Nobody has a monopoly on virtue or wisdom. "

Lee Hsien Loong

" What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children. "

" I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. "

" For myself, I think that those who cultivate wisdom and believe themselves able to instruct their fellow-citizens as to their interests are least likely to become partisans of violence. They are too well aware that to violence attach enmities and dangers, whereas results as good may be obtained by persuasion safely and amicably. "

" Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. "

" Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom. "

" The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. "

" Cleverness is not wisdom. "

" The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation. "

Mother Angelica

" I praise loudly. I blame softly. "

Catherine the Great

" The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. "

George Santayana

" I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy. "

" A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. "

Viktor E. Frankl

" The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it. "

Constantin Stanislavski

" The woods were a boon; all too often, the forest offered danger and mystery. Yet it could be liberating. If you entered that wild place on its own terms, you might be accorded wisdom. "

" Discipline is wisdom and vice versa. "

" The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.