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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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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. ↗

— Plato

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The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. ↗

— Dean Inge

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

— Epictetus

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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. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. ↗

— David Hume

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It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man. ↗

— Xenophanes

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

— Washington Allston

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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise. ↗

— Aeschylus

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Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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