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  • I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.

    Truth   Men   Simplicity  
    Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman (2010). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, the Journal of John Woolman, Fruits of Solitude by William Penn”, p.207, Cosimo, Inc.
  • A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

    Birthday   Justice   Age  
    Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.8, Shambhala Publications
  • Life is a warfare against the malice of others.

    Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.7, Shambhala Publications
  • Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

  • It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of his behaviour that he should be eccentric, unconventional and rash in the eyes of the average opinion. If he is successful, that will only confirm the general belief in his rashness; and if in the short run he is unsuccessful, which is very likely, he will not receive much mercy. Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.

    1936 The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
  • Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

    Art   Giving   Recourse  
    Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.8, Shambhala Publications
  • Worldly Wisdom Do not stay in the field! Nor climb out of sight. The best view of the world Is from a medium height.

    Sight   Views   World  
    Friedrich Nietzsche (2010). “The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs”, p.43, Vintage
  • Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

    Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.18, Shambhala Publications
  • When desire dies, fear is born.

    Anxiety   Desire   Born  
    Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.115, Shambhala Publications
  • A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

  • Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

    Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.91, Shambhala Publications
  • A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

  • Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

    Life   Education   Wise  
    'Locksley Hall' (1842) l. 141
  • It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.

    Mean   Men   Dresses  
    Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.121
  • A Lesson on Elementary, Worldly Wisdom As It Relates To Investment Management & Business

  • Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

  • He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

    Water   Thirst   Wells  
    Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.3, Shambhala Publications
  • If he who has little wit needs a master to inform his stupidity, he who has much frequently needs ten to keep in check his worldly wisdom, which might otherwise, like a high-mettled charger, toss him to the ground.

    Christian Scriver (1857). “Gotthold's Emblems: or Invisible things understood by things that are made. Tr. by R. Menzies”, p.147
  • Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

    Wisdom   Courage   Fruit  
    "'Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia' ('The Art of Worldly Wisdom')". Book by Baltasar Gracián, §4, 1647.
  • Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group then to hell with them.

    Giving   Littles   Groups  
  • Let each of us accept the truth of the following statement and try to make it our most fundamental principle: Christ's teaching will never let us down, while worldly wisdom always will. Christ Himself said that this sort of wisdom was like a house with nothing but sand as its foundation, while His own was like a building with solid rock as its foundation.

    Teaching   Rocks   House  
  • I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

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

    Wise   Wisdom   Men  
    Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.109, BookBaby
  • Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

  • Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.

    1936 The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
  • The worldly wisdom of the foolish man Is like a sieve, that does alone retain The grosser substance of the worthless bran: But thou, my soul, let thy brave thoughts disdain So coarse a purchase: O be thou a fan To purge the chaff, and keep the winnow'd grain: Make clean thy thoughts, and dress thy mixt desires: Thou art Heav'n's tasker, and thy God requires The purest of thy flow'r, as well as of thy fires.

    Art   Men   Foolish Man  
    Richard Crashaw, Francis Quarles, George Gilfillan (1857). “The Poetical Works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems”, p.249
  • nothing is so pleasant ... as to display your worldly wisdom in epigram and dissertation, but it is a trifle tedious to hear another person display theirs.

    Wit   Trifles   Bores  
    Ouida (1870). “Puck: His Vicissitudes, Adventures, Observations, Conclusions, Friendships, and Philosophies”, p.131
  • In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates.

    Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.46, U of Nebraska Press
  • How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is because preachers have too much worldly wisdom.

    Thinking   Too Much   Sin  
    Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations”
  • The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

    Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.164, Shambhala Publications
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