“Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in discarding artifice.”

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English writer 1946

John Fowles book The Magus

Source: The Magus (1965), Ch. 18

“Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.”

Norman Cousins (1915–1990) American journalist

15 April 1978.
Saturday Review

“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.”

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy

“True wisdom consists in respecting the simple things we do”

Paulo Coelho book Aleph

Source: Aleph

“Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.”

Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) 31st President of the United States of America

“True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.”

John Calvin book Institutes of the Christian Religion

Book 1 Chapter 1, p. 44
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559)
Context: Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.
Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.