A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building.

One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most.