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Being Wise Quotes (page 4)

Francis Bacon quote: "It is impossible to love and be wise."
It is impossible to love and be wise. Francis Bacon
Thomas Gray quote: "[...] where ignorance is bliss,'Tis folly to be wise."
[...] where ignorance is bliss,'Tis folly to be wise. Thomas Gray
Yet, ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their Paradise. No more;—where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. Thomas Gray
C. S. Lewis quote: "The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a..."
The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. C. S. Lewis
Gordon B. Hinckley quote: "You can be wise and happy, or stupid and miserable."
You can be wise and happy, or stupid and miserable. Gordon B. Hinckley
We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives. Maya Angelou
William Shakespeare quote: "Who can be wise, amazed, temp'rate, and furious, Loyal and..."
Who can be wise, amazed, temp'rate, and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man. William Shakespeare
Mitch Albom quote: "How do people choose their final words? Do they realize their..."
How do people choose their final words? Do they realize their gravity? Are they fated to be wise? Mitch Albom
Heraclitus quote: "Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise."
Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise. Heraclitus
Is there not. A tongue in every star that talks with man, And wooes him to be wise? nor wooes in vain; This dead of midnight is the noon of thought, And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars. Anna Letitia Barbauld
We might be wise to follow the insight of the enraptured heart rather than the more cautious reasoning of the theological mind. Aiden Wilson Tozer
Michael Winner quote: "Do not wait till tomorrow to be wise, For tomorrow's sun may..."
Do not wait till tomorrow to be wise, For tomorrow's sun may never rise. Michael Winner
I had rather seem mad and a sluggard, so that my defects are agreeable to myself, or that I am not pinfully conscious of them, than be wise, and chaptious. Horace
When Vanity kissed Vanity, a hundred happy Junes ago, he pondered o'er her breathlessly, and, that all men might ever know, he rhymed her eyes with life and death:"Thru Time I'll save my love!" he said. . . yet Beauty vanished with his breath, and, with her lovers, she was dead. . .-Ever his wit and not her eyes, ever his art and not her hair:"Who'd learn a trick in rhyme, be wise and pause before his sonnet there". . . So all my words, however true, might sing you to a thousandth June, and... F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell them is: Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise Barbara Kingsolver

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