Quotes on Worldly Wisdom

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Worldly Wisdom Do not stay in the field! Nor climb out of sight. The best view of the world Is from a medium height.