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Being Wise Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.
- Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholar's life…
- Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But…
- He that never thinks can never be wise.
- Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.
- You can never be wise unless you love reading.
More Being Wise Quotes
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — 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… — Allan Bloom
- Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it,… — 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