Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

Do not seek advice from the ignorant.

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

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good.

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

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

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

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

Some are smart but they are not wise

I have authentic wisdom to share with others.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

A word to the wise is sufficient

The wise speak only of what they know

There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people. The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.

Wisdom is the use of knowledge

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

Wisdom sails with wind and time.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.