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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.

Will Rogers
Mark Twain
Herb Caen
Ben Franklin

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Francis Bacon
Albert Einstein
Henry David Thoreau

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

William Blake
Henry David Thoreau
Robert Frost
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Friedrich Nietzsche
Karl Marx
Sigmund Freud
Karl Jung

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

Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John F. Kennedy

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

Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt Grier

7. Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Buddha
C. S. Lewis
Confucius
Augustine

8. The doors of wisdom are never shut.

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

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

Socrates
Plato
Sophocles
Mark Twain

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

Charles Dickens
William Blake
Walter Cronkite
Maya Angelou

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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;">(#) Will Rogers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Herb Caen</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ben Franklin</div>
<br>2. A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ralph Waldo Emerson</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Francis Bacon</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Albert Einstein</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Henry David Thoreau</div>
<br>3. All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
<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><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ralph Waldo Emerson</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;">(#) Friedrich Nietzsche</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Karl Marx</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sigmund Freud</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Karl Jung</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;">(#) George Washington</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Thomas Jefferson</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) John F. Kennedy</div>
<br>6. Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Franklin Roosevelt</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Theodore Roosevelt</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Eleanor Roosevelt</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Roosevelt Grier</div>
<br>7. Patience is the companion of wisdom.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Buddha</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) C. S. Lewis</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Confucius</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Augustine</div>
<br>8. The doors of wisdom are never shut.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) J. R. R. Tolkien</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Robert Frost</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) C. S. Lewis</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Benjamin Franklin</div>
<br>9. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Socrates</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Plato</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sophocles</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mark Twain</div>
<br>10. There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Charles Dickens</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) William Blake</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Walter Cronkite</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Maya Angelou</div>
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