Being wise Quote by Elizabeth Montagu

Be merry if you are wise.

— Martial

I endeavor to drink deep of philosophy, and to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with…

— Elizabeth Montagu

Too many wish to be happy before becoming wise.

— Anonymous

Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.

— Jane Austen

It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most…

— Plato

Just as it is agreed that we all wish to be happy, so it is that we all wish to be wise, since no…

— Saint Augustine

To be wise was to be above joy and sorrow, fear and pity, ambition and humiliation. It was to hate nothing and to love…

— Michael Ende

What is it to be wise? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others' faults, and feel our own.

— Alexander Pope

I would much rather have been merry than wise.

— Jane Austen

To be wise is to be eternally curious.

— Frederick Buechner

I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who…

— John Woolman

Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and evil remains;…

— Thornton T. Munger