“This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; and to do that well craves a kind of wit.”
William Shakespeare
WitWisdom
Intelligence Quotes
90 FAMOUS QUOTES · INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence Quotes
Read 90 of the best intelligence quotes from Socrates, Lao Tzu, the Panchatantra, Thiruvalluvar, Richard Feynman, C.V. Raman and Sherlock Holmes, plus quotes on emotional intelligence and smart decisi
“Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.”
Cato the Elder
LearningHumility
“He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool; shun him. He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a student; teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep; wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise; follow him.”
Arabic Proverb
Self AwarenessWisdom
“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”
Chinese Proverb
LearningTreasure
“Even monkeys fall from trees.”
Japanese Proverb
MistakesHumility
“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere.”
Chanakya
EducationRespect
“A fool is easily pleased, a wise man more easily still; but not even the Creator can please one who is puffed up with a little knowledge.”
Bhartrihari
PrideKnowledge
“Wisdom keeps the mind from wandering where it pleases, and guides it from evil towards good.”
Thiruvalluvar
WisdomSelf Control
“To live as the world lives, in step with its ways, is wisdom.”
Thiruvalluvar
AdaptabilityWisdom
“It is folly not to fear what ought to be feared; it is wisdom to fear it.”
Thiruvalluvar
CautionWisdom
“No terrifying calamity comes upon the wise who guard against the future.”
Thiruvalluvar
PlanningForesight
“As beasts are to men, so are the unlearned to the learned.”
Thiruvalluvar
LearningEducation
“Those who have studied deeply and listened well will not speak foolishly, even when they stumble.”
Thiruvalluvar
ListeningLearning
“The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.”
Heraclitus
ObservationEvidence
“Silence is better than unmeaning words.”
Pythagoras
SilenceSpeech
“If you would judge, understand.”
Seneca
UnderstandingJudgement
“It is not every question that deserves an answer.”
Publilius Syrus
QuestionsWisdom
“We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us.”
Quintilian
ClarityWriting
“Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe that thou mayest understand.”
Saint Augustine
FaithUnderstanding
“What do I know?”
Michel de Montaigne
HumilityQuestions
“I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.”
Baruch Spinoza
UnderstandingEmpathy
“A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is hardly likely to look out.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
ReadingWit
“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”
The Bible (Proverbs 26:4-5)
WisdomFools
“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.”
The Bible (Proverbs 12:15)
AdviceHumility
“But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.”
The Bible (Job 32:8)
UnderstandingFaith