Being Wise Quotes
Daniel Defoe, Thomas Roscoe (1831). “The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe”, p.188
Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.
Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”
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
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.
Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.
Michel de Montaigne (1811). “The Essays of Michael de Montaigne”, p.151
Alan Alda's commencement speech at Connecticut College in New London, 1980.
Jane Austen (1833). “Northanger abbey [followed by] Persuasion”, p.372
"Armide". 1686.
Max Lucado (2012). “In the Eye of the Storm: Jesus Knows How You Feel”, p.108, Thomas Nelson Inc
Horace (1976). “Q. Horati Flacci Sermones et epistulae”
Graham Greene (1976). “The third man: Loser takes all”, Random House (UK)
Sir Winston Churchill (1993). “The Churchill War Papers: The Ever-Widening War 1941”, William Heinemann
Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi, James Boswell (1787). “The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...”, p.284
Josephine Tey (2012). “To Love and Be Wise”, p.51, Simon and Schuster
Edward Young, John Doran, James Nichols (1854). “The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D.: Revised and Collated with the Earliest Editions. To which is Prefixed A Life of the Author”, p.12
