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Edna St. Vincent Millay69
American poet 1892–1950Related quotes
“The wise are wise only because they love.”
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
As quoted in Elders on Love: Dialogues on the Consciousness, Cultivation, and Expression of Love (1999) by Kenneth R. Lakritz and Thomas M. Knoblauch.
Unsourced variant: The wise are wise only because they love. The fools are fools only because they think they can understand love.
Variant: The wise are wise only because they love.
Source: The Zahir
“It is impossible to love and be wise.”
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
“Love is wise – Hatred is foolish.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Response to the question "Suppose Lord Russell, this film were to be looked at by our descendants, like a dead sea scroll in a thousand years time. What would you think it's worth telling that generation about the life you've lived and the lessons you've learned from it?" in a BBC interview on "Face to Face" (1959) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3aPkzHpT8M <br class="br">1950s <br class="br">Context: I should like to say two things. One intellectual and one moral. The intellectual thing I should want to say to them is this: "When you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: What are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or by what you think would have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts." That is the intellectual thing that I should wish to say. The moral thing I should wish to say to them is very simple; I should say: "Love is wise – Hatred is foolish." In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other. We have to learn to put up with the fact, that some people say things we don't like. We can only live together in that way. But if we are to live together, and not die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance which is absolutely vital, to the continuation of human life on this planet.
“But it's not going to stop.
It's not going to stop.
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up.”
Aimee Mann (1960) American indie rock singer-songwriter (born 1960)
"Wise Up" Clip from Magnolia of performances by Mann and cast members https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNmKghTvj0E · Live at St. Ann's Warehouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3D7xplBYNY <br class="br">Song lyrics, Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture (1999) <br class="br">Context: You're sure<br>There's a cure.<br>And you have finally found it.<br>You think<br>One drink<br>Will shrink you 'til you're underground<br>And living down.<br>But it's not going to stop.<br>It's not going to stop.<br>It's not going to stop<br>'Til you wise up.
“For to be wise and love exceeds man's might.”
William Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida
Source: Troilus and Cressida
“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer