Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. — Anne Bradstreet
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s self a fool; — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore — Sam Mendes
We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom. — Michel de Montaigne
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. — Norman Douglas
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. — Abigail Adams