49 Metaphors for wisdoms

He was ascetic and sparing; his wisdom was great, his judgement acute; affable, humble, and in nothing affected; of a thriving, silent, and methodical genius.

The wisdom of the Magi is the greatest of all wisdoms on earth, because it knows its own ignorance.

Madam,said I,wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

Contagious-infectious and knowledge-wisdom are examples.

But I assert that wisdom is the origin of beauty; in women a wisdom which lies concealed and stored up in the inmost principles of the mind, in men a wisdom which manifests itself, and is apparent.

As wisdom is a principle of life, and thence of reason, as was said above, it may be asked, What is wisdom as a principle of life?

Wisdom is single-track for each man.

Wisdom, admirably put, is not a commodity glutting the market every day.

Wisdom is the supreme benediction to be sought in life.

His wisdom shall be silence, when men are present; for the soul of manly language, is the soul that thinks and feels as best becomes a man.

The wisdom and worth of other men are little hills and mounds of earth: traversible.

Wisdom is riches great and great estate, Far above wealth; nor are the wise unblest If born of lineage vile or race oppressed:

WISDOM, GLORY, GRACE, &c., are words frequent enough in every man's mouth; but if a great many of those who use them should be asked what they mean by them, they would be at a stand, and not know what to answer: a plain proof, that, though they have learned those sounds, and have them ready at their tongues ends, yet there are no determined ideas laid up in their minds, which are to be expressed to others by them.

A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still waters and beneath clear skies Cowper All but the swellings of the softened heart That waken not disturb the tranquil mind Thomson

Wisdom is riches great and great estate, Far above wealth; nor are the wise unblest If born of lineage vile or race oppressed:

To mark its flight, and show How 'vantage may be won, Is wisdom only few attain, But wisdom yielding greatest gain.

Recognizing the fine endowments of Thoreau, and how greatly all are his debtors, still we of this generation are lucky in having one greater than he among us, if wisdom of life and joyousness be the criterion of a sound and of a sane philosophy.

To him, office, money, social rank, and fame are but toys or counters which the game of life is played withal; while wisdom, integrity, benevolence, piety are the prizes the game is for.

Our wisdom is our intellectual and spiritual discernment, to which our knowledge is one of the contributors.

When he said, "as God gives us to see the right," he meant, if he meant anything, that wisdom to act in trying circumstances is a gift, distinct from what is ordinarily learned from experience or study.

Wisdom is betterwealth.

You have a kind of sign-board hung out to show the apparent abode of wisdom: but wisdom is another guest who declines the invitation; she is to be found elsewhere.

Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, Omnipotence.

"There was room enough always for Herod and his concubines, for the wisdom of the flesh set great store by them; but a poor man and woman were thrust out to a stable; and there was a poor baby born whom the wisdom of the flesh knew not, because the wisdom of the flesh is enmity against God.

His wisdom is a light on the wall, in which burns a lamp covered with glass.

49 Metaphors for  wisdoms