Lin Yutang
Writer
"Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise."
Being Wise quotes
Being Wise
26 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Marcus Aurelius
Philosopher, Emperor
"Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds."
Sam Smith
Singer
"If to be old is not to be wise, then it is simply to be obsolete."
Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"You can never be wise unless you love reading."
James Jean
Artist
"To-day, to-day, be wise, be wise."
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"Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience."
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"She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet."
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"Be wise to-day; 't is madness to defer."
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"Now that we are, as you say, 'in the same boat,' would it not be wise for us to have another conference ... and the sooner the better."
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"He that never thinks can never be wise."
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