"Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability." ― Plautus Topic(s): Wisdom More From Plautus "Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things." "Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired." "Courage easily finds its own eloquence." More In Wisdom "Wisdom comes alone through suffering."― Aeschylus "Spending two years on my uncle’s ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns."― Robert Duvall "In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance."― Theodore Dreiser