Knowledge, like physic, is more plague than profit, if it arrives too late.

More proverbs about Wisdom

• An ounce of knowledge may be worth a pound of comfort. Small, precise understanding often proves more valuable than soothing but empty reassuran…
• The lame goeth as far as the staggerer. A slow, steady person reaches the destination as surely as one who moves erratically or w…
• After Lammas corn ripens as much by night as by day. Grain's final ripening accelerates exponentially once the critical August threshold passe…
• On a dark night an owl would be glad of a lantern. Even those naturally suited to darkness benefit from light when circumstances demand visi…
• The law is not the same at morning and night. Justice depends on who applies it and when, revealing law's human inconsistency rather th…
• Law makers should not be law breakers. Those who craft laws must follow them, or their authority crumbles through hypocrisy.