"Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone." ― Horace Topic(s): Wisdom Tags: wisdom More From Horace "Pale Death beats equally at the poor man’s gate and at the palaces of kings." "Anger is a short madness." "Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life." More In Wisdom "Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own."― Aesop "The study of history is the beginning of political wisdom."― Jean Bodin "The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease."― Josh Billings