Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

... smart but not wise.

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.

I'm not very wise to many things.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

Two eyes see more than one.

Some are smart but they are not wise

Men's wisdom increases with reference to what lies before them.

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise the flavour of the soup.

The wise are not learned, the learned are not wise.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

The wisest of the wise may err.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.