Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

I'd like to be very wise.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

A wise man is better than a prophet.

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.

We are wiser than we know.

Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.

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

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

The wise are above books.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

Wisdom sails with wind and time.

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

All men by nature desire knowledge.