Augustus Hare Quotes

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.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.

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

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Common sense varies among the young, as among the old.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

The best vision is insight.

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.

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

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

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

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.

I've been blessed with a good head on my shoulders and quite a good ability of discernment. I can see through people.

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

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

When people show you who they are, believe them. I carry that with me a lot. It has served me well.

Doubt grows with knowledge.