What does it mean to be wise?

Question: What does it mean to be wise!?

How can we tell if someone has wisdom or not!? What is wisdom!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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in my book wisdom is the reasonable application of knowledge, where you give weight to the source of your knowledge!. first-hand-knowledge is the best, and to get it is not easy - and usually takes a long time - that's why traditionally old people are said to be wise, because they have lots of first-hand-knowledge!.

today with so many books out there and the internet it's easier to accumulate a lot of knowledge, but the knowledge may be not fully understood by you without you knowing it, because it's 2nd-hand, 3rd-hand, etc!.!.!. or it may just be wrong or propaganda what you read!.!.!.

!.!.!.the only real good knowledge is first-hand!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Wisdom is:
to be wise enough to distinguish right from wrong,
to be wise enough to know when to come in when it rains,
to be wise enough to know that i'll never know everything,
to be wise enough to see thru people's action before they even started it,
wisdom is never appreciated until the wise one's prediction comes true,!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Wisdom is knowledge, and you can gain knowledge from learning, and you learn from experience and experience comes from age, basically you have to live, maybe a life time, well quite a number of years to be able to have enough, experience, gained from learning to give you knowledge, to be wise!. Wise like me!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

wisdom is learning from your life experiences and other people's too!. and also knowing that you don't and will never know everything!. we are all just students!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

:)something that you achieve after your wisdom teeth erupt!.:)Www@QuestionHome@Com

wisdom is the knowledge that you know nothing!. (Socrates)Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are limits to all things human!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

not to do it when your Grandpa says "Pull my finger"!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com