quotes about Being Wise
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You must be wise, but not too wise.
-- Alexander Turney Stewart -
You can't be wise and in love at the same time.
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It is never too late to be wise.
-- Daniel DefoeSource : Daniel Defoe, Thomas Roscoe (1831). “The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe”, p.188
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To be wise is to be eternally curious.
-- Frederick Buechner -
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 -
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It is not possible to love and be wise.
-- Josephine TeySource : Josephine Tey (2012). “To Love and Be Wise”, p.51, Simon and Schuster
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If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.
-- Lamar TrottiSource : "Fictional character: Larry Darrell". "The Razor's Edge", www.imdb.com. 1946.
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Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.
-- Lin YutangSource : Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”
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God has forgiven you; you'd be wise to do the same
-- Max Lucado -
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I'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot.
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Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.
-- Philip MassingerSource : 1623 The Duke of Milan, act1, sc.2.
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It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.
-- Philippe Quinault -
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
-- Plautus -
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
-- Quintus Ennius -
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
-- Samuel JohnsonSource : James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.101
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I have nothing against alÑoнol, there is nothing I can do to tell people not to do it. I don't tell people not to, I just tell people to be wise about it. If you want to do it go ahead, if you don't go ahead. Nothing makes you cooler, nothing makes you lamer. You're just a normal person if you don't want to do it.
-- D-Pryde -
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It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.
-- Ninon de L'Enclos