“Wisdom simplifies the things”— Related Quotes “Children are gentle and heed. Adults are tough and seize. Wise men and women have the strength and flexibility to do what’s right.”— Stefan Emunds “Life is the only real counselor wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.”– Edith Wharton “Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.”— Alice Hoffman