Who Wants to be Wise?

Are you wise? Do you believe yourself to be wise? If you are wise, does that mean you are smart or intelligent? Is to be smart the same as to be wise? Do you know someone who is wise? I am sure that you know someone who thinks or acts as if he or she is wise. It seems as if there is one of them in every crowd. We call them "smart alecks" or "wiseacres." It is not a compliment to be called that. Although everyone of us would like it if we were said to be wise, no one wants to be called a...