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Wise Man Quotes

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Benjamin Disraeli

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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Baltasar Gracian

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A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.

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Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

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I myself think that the wise man meddles little or not at all in affairs and does his own things.

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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.

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The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

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Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.

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Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

Washington Allston

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Make the wise man within you your living ideal.

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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Jean de La Fontaine

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No wise man ever wished to be younger.

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A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

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A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.

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A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

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If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.

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