Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Be quick to learn and wise to know.
George Burns
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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.
Khalil Gibran
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It can't possibly last for years and browsing has its limits. Only a certain amount is healthy or wise.
Judith Krantz
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The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
Isaac D'Israeli
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Hairdressers are all-knowing. They're so wise.
Jamila Woods
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One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.
Joseph Addison
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Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
Harry Day
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I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely.
Guy Pearce
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The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
Jonathan Swift
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The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see from experience that the forecasts even of the wise almost always turn out false.
Francesco Guicciardini
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It is no judgement of a thing outside yourself to say it makes you ill. The wise reader knows that every pronouncement is, to some degree, an act of self-exposure; the book you find too challenging might only show how ill-equipped you are to face its challenge.
Howard Jacobson
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
Diogenes
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He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The best counsel for us to give young people is that they can arrive back to Heavenly Father only as they are guided and corrected by the Spirit of God. So if we are wise, we will encourage, praise, and exemplify everything which invites the companionship of the Holy Ghost.
Henry B. Eyring
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.
Demosthenes
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Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.
Agatha Christie
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I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.
Glenda Jackson
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I loved football. I'm so glad I played. But I didn't think it was wise for me to play longer.
Chris Borland
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The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
Aeschylus
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I was so shy. I used to cross the street so I wouldn't even have to talk to my relatives, much less strangers. That's not shy, that's wise. But I found that that when you had a journalist's notebook in your hand it wasn't really you, you see.
Geraldine Brooks
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When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I am certain that all parents are evil.
Brian K. Vaughan
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He that is rich is wise.
Daniel Defoe
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What I want veterans to know is that VA is here to care for them. VA is a good system - health care wise, safety wise - highly comparable to any other system out there. Our oversight reviews tell us that. I'm very comfortable in the quality of our system.
Eric Shinseki
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