“To a fool time brings only age not wisdom.”

“The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”

H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer

“Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.”

Solón (-638–-558 BC) Athenian legislator

“We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely.”

Frank W. Abagnale (1948) American security consultant, former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist

“People assume that I'm wiser than I am because I'm somewhat successful. Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles. If you're dumb when you're young, you're going to be dumb when you're old.”

Estelle Getty (1923–2008) actress

“When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.”

Frank Herbert book The Godmakers

“Wisdom is, I suppose, the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”

Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist

“Fools learn wisdom through misfortune.”

Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory

“Don't be fooled by your own wisdom”

Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969) Polish writer

“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer