#wise man

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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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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A wise man turns chance into good fortune. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. ↗

— William Penn

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