"If you debate the wise, no matter how poor, they will hearken to wisdom. If you debate the foolish, no matter how rich, they will mock wisdom."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Debate, Fools, Knowledge

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"If you debate the wise, no matter how poor, they will hearken to wisdom. If you debate the foolish, no matter how rich, they will mock wisdom."

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"Knowing your ignorance is better than your knowledge."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Ignorance, Knowledge, Better

"When I was young, I thought it is thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in the high school, I discovered that it is rather the lightning that does the killing. The voice of the thunder itself is just a noise. The lightning is the poise!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Thunder, Lightning, Physics, Danger

"If your thirst for knowledge is strong enough, you will find the waters to satisfy it."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"A book is a sacred gift."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Book, Gift, Sacred, Treasure

"A man with wisdom will always have a solution no matter how big his challenges may be. Wisdom makes you a problem solver."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Solution, Life, Knowledge

"In the pursuit of knowledge, we know God, the source of knowledge and wisdom."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Knowledge, Pursuit, God

"In every situation, we can find sacred lesson."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Situation, Lesson, Sacred, Learning

"To be given to the study of the scriptures is to discover more principles."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Scripture, Principles, Study

"The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"If you listen to many wise sayings, you will develop a strong-mind."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Knowing your ignorance is better than your knowledge."

"When I was young, I thought it is thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in the high school, I discovered that it is rather the lightning that does the killing. The voice of the thunder itself is just a noise. The lightning is the poise!"

"If your thirst for knowledge is strong enough, you will find the waters to satisfy it."

"A book is a sacred gift."

"A man with wisdom will always have a solution no matter how big his challenges may be. Wisdom makes you a problem solver."

"In the pursuit of knowledge, we know God, the source of knowledge and wisdom."

"In every situation, we can find sacred lesson."

"To be given to the study of the scriptures is to discover more principles."

"The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little."

"If you listen to many wise sayings, you will develop a strong-mind."

Explore more quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo

"The poorest people sometimes have the richest minds."

"Greed is the seed of corruptionas much as virtue is the seed of justice. Wisdom is the seed of successas much as vice is the seed of destruction."

"The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened."

"One gains more from a fast than a feast."

"Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them."

"Greater than a sage is the one who taught him; God is the teacher, and the wise are all His students."

"Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment."

"An army of disciplined sheep is greater than an army of undisciplined wolves."

"Love does not wear out the heart, even if it weighs a thousand tons."

"Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens."