Being Wise Quotes

224 Being Wise quotes by 177 unique authors

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a… — William Penn
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good… — Richard G. Scott
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater… — Charles Spurgeon
In our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might say, well does that mean that… — Charles Stanley
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. — Edward Young
Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out… — George MacDonald
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. — Michel de Montaigne
Adults always wonder what to say and how to say it when they're talking to a child. You want to be wise, but all you… — Robert Crais
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for… — John F. Kennedy
She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet. — Jane Austen
When Vanity kissed Vanity, a hundred happy Junes ago, he pondered o'er her breathlessly, and, that all men might ever know, he rhymed her eyes… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics.… — Stephen Colbert
I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it,… — Neil Gaiman
He told me not to seek revenge, but to seek the Buddha,' said the fox spirit, sadly. 'Wise counsel,' said the fox of dreams. 'Vegeance… — Neil Gaiman
It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell… — Barbara Kingsolver
You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so. — Doris Lessing
Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don't let me, she hoped concretely, don't let me know too surely what he thinks of… — Shirley Jackson

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