Quotes · Reference dataset
Wisdom Quotes
Quotations about wisdom, paired with their attributed speakers or authors.
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| ID | Quote | Person |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | To repeat what others have said requires education. To challenge it requires brains. | Oscar Wilde |
| 9 | The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing. | Plato |
| 8 | Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. | Mark Twain |
| 7 | It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. | Robert Frost |
| 6 | It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. | Bill Cosby |
| 5 | Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. | Robert Frost |
| 4 | Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. | Katherine Hepburn |
| 3 | Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. | Edith Wharton |
| 2 | Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don’t. | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| 1 | Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled. | Zig Ziglar |
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Last checked against sources: October 15, 2026.
Last changed: July 17, 2026. This is when we last changed the data or its description. It doesn’t mean the data runs up to that date.
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