“We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.”– Georg C. Lichtenberg Related Quotes “This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom’s school.”– Thomas Dekker “In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people for who sees not, but that it is a curse to be unready as these foolish virgins, who were therefore shut out.”– Thomas Shepard “Though sages may pour out their wisdom’s treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.”– Lord Byron