"The beginning of wisdom is to desire it." ― Solomon Ibn Gabirol Topic(s): Wisdom More From Solomon Ibn Gabirol "The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones." "Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire." More In Wisdom "For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom."― John Webster "The future has already arrived. It’s just not evenly distributed yet."― William Gibson "Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency."― John Updike