You can't make ropes of sand.

More proverbs about Wisdom

• What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Fair rules must apply equally to both parties, regardless of gender or status.
• Sweet meat must have some sauce. Desirable things often require effort, cost, or unpleasant accompaniment to obtain them f…
• One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock. A single corrupted member spreads moral or practical contamination throughout an entire c…
• A sceptre is one thing, a ladle another. Different tools suit different purposes; authority and domestic work require wholly disti…
• A mere scholar a mere ass. Accumulated knowledge without practical judgment or common sense produces foolishness, no…
• The greatest scholars are not always the wisest men. Deep knowledge doesn't guarantee good judgment or practical sense in living well.