On Wisdom

      
   The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil 
   is understanding.    Job 28:28 



   The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the 
   knowledge of the holy is understanding.     Prov 9:10 



   The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools 
   despise wisdom and instruction.     Prov 1:7 
         


  
   Thinking is the essence of wisdom. 

                                            Persian Proverb 


   
   
   Time ripens all things:  no man is born wise. 

                                                   Cervantes 
              
   

   Books give not wisdom where was none before. 

                                               Anonymous 
   
   
   
   
   Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. 
                                                 
                                                          Wordsworth 

                              
   

   A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit. 

                                                             Milton 
                                                         
   
      
   
            
   Days should speak and multitude of years should teach wisdom. 

                                                      Job 32:7          
   
   
   
    The man of wisdom is the man of years. 

                                                  Edward Young 
                                                       
   
   
   
   Wisdom less shudders at a fool than wit. 

                                                  Edward Young 
             
   

   
   Despise not the discourse of the wise, but acquaint thyself 
   with their proverbs. 

                                                           
   
   
   
   
   If thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto 
   him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door. 

                                                          
                                                        
   
   
   
   Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy. 
   
   
   


   The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom. 

                                                  Prov. 10:31     
   
   
   
   
   I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I 
   believe they get paid in the end;  but the fools first. 

                                          Robert Lewis Stevenson 
   
   
   

   
   Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father. 

                                                Prov 29:3   
   
   
   
   

   Virtue, not rolling suns, the mind matures. 

                                                     Edward Young 
                                                

   

   He who lives well sees afar off. 

                                          Spanish Proverb
   
   



   Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.
   
                                              Greek Proverb
   
   

   

   A good understanding have all they that keep the commandments 
   of God. 
   
   

   
   The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
   
                                                                   
                                                Chinese Proverb