At bottom, it is a principle of expediency, of practical wisdom, of adjustment of means to end.
It is a question of taste and of skill--of personal preference and of practical wisdom, or of economy, expediency.
Here it is a question of "prudence," of expediency, or practical wisdom.
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience.
It is practical wisdom, and comes of the cultivated judgment.
The man who has traveled much accumulates a store of useful information, and can give hints of practical wisdom which no deep study of geological lore or of antiquarian research could afford.
Another piece of practical wisdom that I would suggest is that if every day has its own work, we should buckle ourselves to do the day's work before night falls and not leave any over for to-morrow, which will be quite full enough.
So there are three pieces of practical wisdom that I would suggest, and one is--be content to take your work in little bits as it comes.
Now that fact, that the same word means both these, conveys a piece of practical wisdom, which it will do us all good to note clearly and take to heart.
If we re-excited the ideas, in which they differ, it is called distinguishing.
Some philosopher, I believe it is Des Cartes, has said, "I think, therefore I exist.
I trust the way of practical wisdom, of piety, and of usefulness, will be the object of your prompt and decisive choice.
To despise or undervalue the cultivation of manners, then, argues a great want of practical wisdom.
Practical wisdom, for the purposes of life, must be carried about with us, and be ready for use at call.
Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issued in practical wisdom.
Practical wisdom is only to be learnt in the school of experience.
Prudence is practical wisdom, and comes of the cultivated judgment.
Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.
Nothing indeed can be more fitting and well-placed than her demeanour, now bracing her speech with grave maxims of practical wisdom, now unbending her mind in sallies of wit, or of innocent, roguish banter.
We have nothing more tuneable and melodious than Spenser's verse; no higher and nobler eloquence than Hooker's prose; no practical wisdom of deeper reach or more attractive garb than Bacon's Essays.
Practical wisdom enough to make the course of any household run smooth!
The sweet psalmist of Israel, while he foreshadowed the Messiah's reign, sung for the comfort and edification of himself and his contemporaries; and Solomon gave rules of practical wisdom as valid for his day as for ours.
After David came Solomon in the sphere of practical wisdom.
For the work of a legislator far more than the moral virtue of justice or fairmindedness was necessary, these were requisite to the rarer and higher "intellectual virtue" of practical wisdom.
Self-discipline and self-control are the beginnings of practical wisdom; and these must have their root in self-respect.
An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.
One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "practical wisdom" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
