Being Wise Quotes

224 Being Wise quotes by 177 unique authors

We cannot be wise while in the grip of a deep fear. ... This is why demagogues, when seeking our support, will first cause us… — Philip Gulley
As a great part of the uneasiness of matrimony arises from mere trifles,, it would be wise in every young married man to enter into… — Henry Fielding
Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and… — Eric Maisel
Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools. — Thiruvalluvar
Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain… — William Wordsworth
The Old Testament contains fabulous elements. The New Testament consists mostly of teaching, not of narrative at all: but where it is narrative, it is,… — C.S. Lewis
Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. — Thomas Gray
Be happy. It's one way of being wise. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise… — Demosthenes
Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all. — Malcolm Forbes
The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep. — E. W. Howe
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. — William James
Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and… — Andrew Johnson
We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing. — Leon Kass
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot… — John Keats
Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never… — Omar Khayyam
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. — Sam Levenson
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think… — Herman Melville
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. — Baron de Montesquieu

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