Being wise Quotes · Page 5

Turn on the prudent Ant, thy heedful eyes, Observe her labours, Sluggard, and be wise.

— Samuel Johnson

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

— Robert Cormier

All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.

— Moliere

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

— Michel de Montaigne

Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may neve rise.

— William Congreve

It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.

— Richard Rolle

If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.

— Anonymous

It's what I'd like from my life - to live and learn, be wise and to go on without bitterness.

— Heather Small

She was not too young to be wise, but she was too young to know that wisdom shouldn't be spoken aloud when…

— Graham Greene

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish.…

— Confucius

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we…

— Plato

Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love. You've got to be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove.

— Gerry Rafferty

To be wise use three languages: think well, feel well and do well. And to be wise allow yourselves to be surprised…

— Pope Francis

What is it to be wise? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others' faults, and feel…

— Alexander Pope

Ah Fate, cannot a man Be wise without a beard? East, West, from Beer to Dan, Say, was it never heard That…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find…

— Abraham Lincoln

We think it would be wise in you to try to git [sic] influence by offering to print a paper in favor…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

My description of wisdom has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness, it is to do with being wise in one's own…

— Zhuangzi

I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my…

— Shimon Peres

If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble…

— Francis Quarles

For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being…

— Origen

I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested…

— Anonymous

If you notice an unconscious fantasy coming up within you, you would be wise not to interpret it at once. Do not…

— Marie-Louise von Franz

Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud…

— Alexander Pope

If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.

— Lamar Trotti

Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.

— George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.

— Samuel Johnson

How do people choose their final words? Do they realize their gravity? Are they fated to be wise?

— Mitch Albom

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

— Lin Yutang

Potency does not mean being unnecessarily aggressive; one has to be wise.

— Asghar Ali Engineer

To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

— Charles Spurgeon

Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!

— Horace Walpole

To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise.

— Friedrich Schiller

License they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that, must first be wise and good.

— John Milton

For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A wise man can admit when he is wrong. But a fool thinks he knows everything!

— Book Of Proverbs

“You are creating through your choices, even now. Choose wisely.”

— Bryant McGill

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.

— Anonymous

Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

— Thomas Browne

To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.

— Edmund Spenser