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When swelling buds their od'rous foliage shed, And gently harden into fruit, the wise Spare not the little offsprings, if they grow Redundant.
- quote by John Philips
Who are a little wise the best fools be.
- quote by John Donne
Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
- quote by Horace
Whoever is not too wise is wise.
- quote by Martial
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim Wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, Obtained with labour, for mankind employed, And then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
- quote by William Whitehead
Wisdom and fortune combating together, If that the former dare but what it can, No chance may shake it.
- quote by William Shakespeare
Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart, Must hold both sisters, never seen apart.
- quote by William Cowper
- quote by Seneca
Wisdom enough to leech us of our ill// Is daily spun; but there exists no loom// To weave it into fabric
- quote by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Wisdom is oftimes nearer when we stoop Than when we soar.
- quote by William Wordsworth