#wise man

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

— Epictetus

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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible. ↗

— Gabriel Marcel

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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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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. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult. ↗

— John Churton Collins

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A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether. ↗

— Roy H. Williams

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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. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

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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. ↗

— Hippocrates

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Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. ↗

— Horace

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