Be Wise

 

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
– Lord Acton

We cannot advance without new experiments in living, but no wise man tries every day what he has proved wrong the day before.
– James Truslow Adams

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
– Amos Bronson Alcott

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
– Alan Alda

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
– Aristophanes

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
–Sholom Aleichem

It is impossible to love and to be wise.
– Francis Bacon

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
– Washington Allston

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
– Anacharsis

Even a fool knows you can’t touch the stars, but it doesn’t stop a wise man from trying.
– Harry Anderson

The wise learn many things from their foes.
– Aristophanes

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
– Aristotle

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
– Arthur Ashe

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
– Buddha

It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
– Roger Babson

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
– Francis Bacon

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
– Douglas Bader

Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase.
– John Balguy

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?
– Natalie Clifford Barney

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
– Matsuo Basho

Education, n.: That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
– Ambrose Bierce

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
– William Blake

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.
– Allan Bloom

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.
– Hal Borland

Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.
– Andre Breton

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish peopl e are idle, wise people are diligent.
– Buddha