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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. ↗

— Plato

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The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship. ↗

— Norman Douglas

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What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

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Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

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This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When we hate someone we make them more powerfull than they are. ↗

— Richard Paul Evans

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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise. ↗

— Quintus Ennius

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Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. ↗

— Theodore Isaac Rubin

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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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