Dorothea Dix Quotes

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it.

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

It is better to conceal ignorance than to expose it.

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.

Wisdom sails with wind and time.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

It can be hard in this business, especially when you're very young, to figure out who you can and can't trust.

I've been in this business a long time, and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting.

The worst men often give the best advice.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.