Being wise Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being wise Cunning Every man Men Wisdom Wise Wish
One man may be more cunning than another, but no one can be more cunning than all the world. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Just as a wise man can say something foolish, a fool can say something wise. — Vincent Bugliosi Copy Share Image
A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool. — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool. — Michael Reed Copy Share Image
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
To be smart, spend carefully. To be wise, save regularly. To be genius, give extravagantly. — Chip Ingram Copy Share Image
Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace. — Gregory Corso Copy Share Image
Were anyone wondering how Sen. Harry Reid intended to manage life in the minority, it took one day of the 114th Congress to get… — Kimberley Strassel Copy Share Image
If we are going to be wise, spiritual people prepared to meet the crises of our age, we must be a studying, learning community… — J.P. Moreland Copy Share Image
Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of… — Louise Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
The goal of a passionate artist is to try and make a masterpiece each and every time, yet be wise enough to know you… — Donato Giancola Copy Share Image
