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The Wisdom Quotes

Now we get deep and heavy. These are quotes about wisdom, so they should be pretty wise, I would hope. But who said them?
"A man in debt is so far a slave." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quiz created by: Bill Graves

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1. A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

Ben Franklin
Mark Twain
Herb Caen
Will Rogers

2. A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Albert Einstein
Francis Bacon

3. All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Blake
Henry David Thoreau
Robert Frost

4. Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

Karl Marx
Sigmund Freud
Karl Jung
Friedrich Nietzsche

5. Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson

6. Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Roosevelt Grier
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt

7. Patience is the companion of wisdom.

C. S. Lewis
Augustine
Confucius
Buddha

8. The doors of wisdom are never shut.

C. S. Lewis
J. R. R. Tolkien
Benjamin Franklin
Robert Frost

9. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Sophocles
Mark Twain
Plato
Socrates

10. There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

William Blake
Maya Angelou
Charles Dickens
Walter Cronkite

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<h1>The Wisdom Quotes</h1><p>Now we get deep and heavy. These are quotes about wisdom, so they should be pretty wise, I would hope. But who said them?<br />"A man in debt is so far a slave." -Ralph Waldo Emerson</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/billgraves.shtml">Bill Graves</a></p><br>1. A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ben Franklin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Herb Caen</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Will Rogers</div>
<br>2. A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Henry David Thoreau</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ralph Waldo Emerson</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Albert Einstein</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Francis Bacon</div>
<br>3. All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ralph Waldo Emerson</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) William Blake</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Henry David Thoreau</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Robert Frost</div>
<br>4. Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Karl Marx</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sigmund Freud</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Karl Jung</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Friedrich Nietzsche</div>
<br>5. Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Abraham Lincoln</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) John F. Kennedy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Washington</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Thomas Jefferson</div>
<br>6. Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Roosevelt Grier</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Theodore Roosevelt</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Franklin Roosevelt</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Eleanor Roosevelt</div>
<br>7. Patience is the companion of wisdom.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) C. S. Lewis</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Augustine</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Confucius</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Buddha</div>
<br>8. The doors of wisdom are never shut.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) C. S. Lewis</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) J. R. R. Tolkien</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Benjamin Franklin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Robert Frost</div>
<br>9. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sophocles</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Plato</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Socrates</div>
<br>10. There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) William Blake</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Maya Angelou</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Charles Dickens</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Walter Cronkite</div>
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