Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Live long, my friend, be wise and strong. But do not from any man his song. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick. — Mariano Rivera Copy Share Image
Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people? — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended,… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share Image
History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Be wise, because the world needs more wisdom. And if you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise, and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The goal of a passionate artist is to try and make a masterpiece each and every time, yet be wise enough to… — Donato Giancola Copy Share Image
To be wise doesn't always mean to have a wrinkled face and sparkly eyes. To be wise means to be still inside. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To-morrow — oh, 'twill never be, If we should live a thousand years! Our time is all to-day, to-day, The same, though… — James Montgomery Copy Share Image
But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank… — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential without waiting… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
As a man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired.… — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know… — Socrates Copy Share Image
There is no gown or garment that worse becomes a woman than when she will be wise. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Yoda is interesting because, in addition to being wise, he is two feet tall, and a Yoda. — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
You don't have to learn to be wise. If you just flow you can be successful. Mother Nature will carry you. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Youth might be wise; we suffer less from pains than pleasures. — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A good relationship can make you stronger. A bad relationship should make you wiser for next time. — Mark Laurence Torcuator Copy Share Image
Oh, be wise, Thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
