"Wisdom is found only in truth" — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things

Source: Walden (1854)

I think, therefore I am.

Source: A Discourse on Method (1637), Part IV

It is never too late to be wise.

Source: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake

Source: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849)

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

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