#wise man

A wise man turns chance into good fortune. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. ↗

— William Penn

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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. ↗

— Ben Jonson

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A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Norman Douglas

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