John Florio Quotes

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

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Time as he grows old teaches all things.

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

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

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.

Some are smart but they are not wise

What separates old from the young is experience and patience.

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.

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

But time growing old teaches all things.

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

I'm young but I'm not stupid.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Experience is the cane of the blind.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Nobody is born wise.

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