Funny Wisdom Quotes

A word to the wise ain’t necessary. It’s the stupid ones who need the advice. – Bill Cosby

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives. – Abba Eban

I am not young enough to know everything. – Oscar Wilde

Cabbage: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man’s head. – Ambrose Bierce

Some folk are wise, and some are otherwise. – Tobias Smollett

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. – Euripides

Cleverness is not wisdom. – Euripides

Silence is true wisdom’s best reply. – Euripides

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. – Bertrand Russell

It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it. – Sam Levenson

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view. – Lord Halifax