Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Date of birth: 1809-08-06
Date of death: 1892-10-06
Quotes number: 45
Nationality: English
Profession: Poet
The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.
The best prophet of the future is the past.
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.