Sentence examples for wisdom rather than from inspiring English sources

She loves to overturn some bit of conventional wisdom, rather than risk boring us with arguments.

By Stephanie Burt July 26, 2017 We often turn to memoir for wisdom rather than form.

We come to accept compromise as wisdom, rather than as a betrayal of ideals.

I find the image reassuring; a considered gathering of wisdom rather than the braying competitive debate of the dinner party.

More probably, the bulk of the intellectual tradition originating with Pythagoras himself belongs to mystical wisdom rather than to scientific scholarship.

But it needs to be admired for its wisdom rather than feared for its anger if it is to become the trusted global power it yearns to be.

A second six-goal performance inside a week took Manchester City to the verge of qualification for the Champions League knockout stage – but for Hoffenheim's late equaliser they would have become the first team to go through with this victory – it was just a pity the night will be remembered for a Norman Wisdom pratfall rather than the football produced to smother Shakhtar Donetsk.

Even in her earliest material, she casually mixed insouciance with a gravitas unusual for a teenage pop star: on 1994's Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, she sounded like she was expressing a deep love – and gently imparting some wisdom, too – rather than a giddy crush; the song easily transcended the icky gossip about the relationship between Aaliyah and its writer, R Kelly.

These new tools implement people practices differently: they leverage the "wisdom of crowds" rather than the "wisdom of the manager". Just as we now see the wisdom of crowds change the way marketing decisions take place, the same shift is happening in talent management.

Her goal, she said, is to make the classroom a place for "wisdom and happiness", rather than one of stress and frustration.

This was a slap in the face for the majority of the global community whose lack of appetite for military action was born out of wisdom (cf Iraq) rather than a lack of compassion.