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If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.

And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.

They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.

This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom.

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.