No Matter How You Say It: Wisdom
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on the meaning behind these Wisdom Symbols.
In Other Languages
Spanish – sabiduría
French – Sagesse
German – Weisheit
Italian – saggezza
Swedish – visdom
Euskara – jakinduria
Portugese – sabedoria
Word Origin
Wisdom is from the Old English wis “knowledge, learning, experience,” and German Weistum “judicial sentence serving as a precedent”.
Can you see how being wise is using knowledge and experience to make decisions?
Sign Language
Can you see how Wisdom is using the mind and Foolish ignores it?
Wisdom Idioms
wise guy
wisecracker
experience is the father of wisdom
wise beyond their years
pearl of wisdom
nugget of wisdom
conventional wisdom
wisdom of hindsight
infinite wisdom
streetwise
out of the mouths of babes
worldly wisdom
the wisdom of Solomon
there’s no fool like an old fool