Richard Steele Quotes

Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Information is not knowledge.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorized

Nobody is born wise.

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

No one, however smart, however well educated … is the suppository of all wisdom.

Much learning does not teach sense.

Intellect is not wisdom.

It is better to have wisdom without learning than learning without wisdom.

Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.

To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

The man who knows how will always be the student, but the man who knows why will continue to be the instructor.

The wise are not learned, the learned are not wise.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

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