Famous quote by Martin Farquhar Tupper

Mobile Desktop
Memory is not wisdom idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
Like

"Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?"

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

About this Quote

This quote by Martin Farquhar Tupper talks to the idea that merely having a good memory does not relate to having wisdom. It is possible for someone to have an excellent memory and have the ability to recall realities and figures, however this does not necessarily indicate that they are sensible. Wisdom is more than just the ability to bear in mind facts and figures, it is the ability to use that knowledge to make informed decisions and judgments. Without memory, wisdom is not possible, as it is difficult to make wise choices without having the knowledge to do so. This quote is a suggestion that having a good memory is not the like having knowledge, and that wisdom needs more than simply the capability to bear in mind facts and figures.

About the Author

Martin Farquhar Tupper This quote is written / told by Martin Farquhar Tupper between November 10, 1810 and November 28, 1889. He was a famous Writer from England. The author also have 9 other quotes.

Go to author profile

Similar Quotes

Small: It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer? - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
"It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?"
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Novelist
Small: We cannot hold a torch to light anothers path without brightening our own - Ben Sweetland
Ben Sweetland
"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"
Ben Sweetland, Author
Small: On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows - Edward Young
Edward Young
"On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows"
Edward Young, Poet
Small: Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each genera
Bill Cosby
"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"
Bill Cosby, Comedian
Small: America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between - Oscar Wild
Oscar Wilde
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without
Jose Rizal
"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"
Jose Rizal, Writer
Small: Women, cant live with them, cant live without them - Desiderius Erasmus
"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted
Plato
"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom"
Plato, Philosopher
Small: Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion - Wilfrid Laurier
"Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion"
Wilfrid Laurier, Statesman
Small: A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason if he possesses some knowledge of t
"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"
Walter Scott, Novelist