Being Wise Quotes

224 quotes by 183 authors

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right… — Aristotle
It is impossible to love and to be wise. — Francis Bacon
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel. — Aeschylus
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. — Aesop
Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence… — Allan Bloom
Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art… — Akhenaton
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. — Edmund Burke
Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. — Alan Alda
Difficulties are just God's errands. If we are sent upon them, it is an evidence of His confidence. Therefore, let us be glad, be happy,… — Ardeth Kapp
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and… — Benjamin Rush
Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise. — Muhammad Ali
No gown worse becomes a woman than the desire to be wise. — Martin Luther
It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Being, be bold and venture to be wise. — Horace
For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are absurdly just, we forgive everything.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as far… — Thomas B. Macaulay
I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my weekends are spent… — Shimon Peres
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise. — Horace

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