Definition of Wise

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Definition of Wise

Wise

Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.

Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.

Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.

Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.

Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.

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Wise Quotations

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

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
Buddha

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Albert Einstein

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Thomas Jefferson

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
Winston Churchill

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
Winston Churchill

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Kahlil Gibran

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
Napoleon Hill

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin Franklin

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
Benjamin Franklin

Wise Translations

wise in Dutch is verstandig, vroed, wijs
wise in Finnish is viisas
wise in Italian is saggio, ragionevole
wise in Latin is sapiens, prudens
wise in Spanish is guisa, sensato, sabio

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